Seafarers: new ITF app supports your wellbeing
The free ITF Wellbeing app is available for both Android and iOS devices – just download it from your app store or from the ITF Seafarers website. It contains...
UAE and ITF to work together to solve abandonment cases
FTA and ITF officials met this week to discuss the increasing number of abandonment cases faced by the UAE and the Gulf State's desire to bring an end to the...
Seafarer’s remarkable life made into ITF film
It tells the story of how Shwe left Burma as a seafarer, but saw his life completely change as he took on a corrupt ship owner and was blacklisted for his...
ITF maritime labour lawyers drive legal agenda
Topics on the agenda included cabotage, abandonment, the fair treatment of seafarers facing criminal charges or investigation, and amendments to the Maritime Labour...
Global unions criticise employers blocking UN progress on multinationals
The meeting, organised by the UN's human rights office on 25 October, is working on the elements of the proposed ‘international instrument to regulate, in...
Another step forward for campaigning ITF as your elected representatives meet in Amsterdam
Your elected representatives from across the ITF’s regions, sections and departments met in Amsterdam to endorse the direction of the organisation in the run up...
ITF applauds ‘historic breakthrough’ on Qatar kafala
Following years of international campaigning against kafala – a form of indentured labour that in practice has equated to often slavelike treatment of workers –...
ITF supports challenge to Boskalis over crew replacement plans
The latest plans would lead to the likely removal of 20 Netherlands nationals and their replacement by agency workers from other countries. It brings back to life...