42 years of autocratic rule in Libya decimated its trade union culture. The government outlawed independent unions, and according to the International Trade Unions Congress (ITUC) annual survey of trade union rights*, as of 2012 there was still a lot of work to be done.
Access to Valparaiso Port in Chile was virtually closed on 4 April when maritime and seafarers’ union members and supporters marched to oppose government proposals to open the country’s cabotage to foreign competition and to push through legislation quickly.
A Ukrainian union chose to get its younger members in party mood to kick off its ‘year of youth’ and to boost their understanding of trade unionism at home and internationally.
The ITF has written to the Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, and the Minister of Shipping and Aegean, Kostas Mousouroulis, urging the government to withdraw the civil mobilisation order implemented on 5 February to order striking seafarers' back to work or face arrest.
The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme and the ITF Seafarers’ Trust is inviting journalists reporting on piracy to a preview screening of what the two organisations believe is a powerfully realistic portrayal of the reality of Somali piracy.
The IBF High Level Officers meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden on 12 of March 2013, considered, inter alia, the industrial dispute at the US West Coast which has led to a lockout of dock workers supporting a lawful action by the ITF affiliated ILWU.
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and its fellow global unions, along with the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) have united to condemn the latest undemocratic and anti-union tactic by Fiji’s illegal military government.
Twenty-nine international delegates and a representative each from the National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) and the Maritime Union of India (MUI) participated in the ITF Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meeting from 29-31 January, which was held in Mumbai, India for the first time.
This IBF Agreement(hereinafter ‘Agreement’ or ‘CBA’)is based on the IBF Framework CBA which sets out the standard terms and conditions applicable only to seafarers serving on any ship owned or operated by a Company in membership with the Joint Negotiating Group in respect of which there is in existence an IBF Special Agreement.
The ITF is keeping the vessel Long Beach under observation after it reportedly loaded at the Mitsui-UGC terminal at the port of Vancouver, Washington State, USA, where unionised dock workers are currently locked out.
