This congress will be the first for the ITF which is fully digital. It means there won’t be any printing and all delegates are being offered a congress tablet handheld device.
Union resistance to a plan by employers to remove the right reached a peak during an international action day on Feb 18th
ITF inspector (Liverpool, North West England and Wales) Tommy Molloy has participated in a major anti-modern-day slavery event in Liverpool, UK.
The one-day workshops in Yangon from 27-29 July revolved around sessions on the basic rights contained in the MLC and how to enforce them, and the role of the ITF's network of inspectors and contacts.
Covid-19 has had a swift and brutal impact on the cruise industry and on seafarers working in the industry. The media has focused mainly on the passengers, while the plight of the seafarers has mostly gone unnoticed and underreported.
Seafarers are vital employees because they keep the global supply chains moving. Seafarers, including those on ferries, transport around 90 percent of the world’s goods, including necessary medical supplies, equipment, products and passengers.
As new secret documents are leaked, see https://wikileaks.org/tisa/ the International Transport Workers’ Federation and the European Transport Workers’ Federation have joined other global union organisations in blasting the EU for pushing oth
Around 300 activists met in Cape Town, South Africa, 5 and 6 June 2017, for the ITF union-led dockers' and seafarers' section conferences.
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Pavel Krenk, a revered leader in the global trade union community and long-serving chairman of the Czech Trade Union of Seafarers, who left us on 24 June 2024 at the age of 64.
It is with deep sadness that the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) marks the passing of Peter McEwen (MBE MNM) a tireless advocate for seafarers around the world.
