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.
He recollected key disputes and some of the giants of trade union history, past and present, with whom he had worked, before stating: “Many union bodies are good at talking. The ITF has always been good at acting.
The ITF’s Gaza emergency appeal fund has topped 134,000 USD as the federation delivered its second shipment of desperately needed aid to Palestinians in the conflict zone.
Natural Fruit began legal action against UK citizen Andy Hall in February 2013 for his part in producing the report Cheap Has a High Price, published by the Finnwatch NGO (www.finnwatch.org), which exposed child labour, underpayment of wages and confiscation
It was also the most participatory ITF congress ever. View our facts and figures.
The campaign launched with an online video, as well as the unveiling of a five metre high installation of a Chevron executive with their head in the sand:
A call has gone out to unions to attend, or send letters to the Norwegian Transport Workers' Union (NTF), to demonstrate their solidarity with workers who are fighting to maintain the protected status of dockers’ work.
Guatemala’s Sindicato de Trabajadores Unidos de Empornac (SITRUEMPORNAC) and Costa Rica’s Sindicatode Trabajadores de la Junta Administrativa Portuaria JAPDEVA y Afines Portuarios (SINTRAJAP) used the HIV/AIDS dockers’ resource pack to negotiate anti-discriminatory HIV/AIDS clauses in their agree
Three global shipping organisations today issued guidance to their members on the risks posed to ships’ crews calling in countries affected by the Ebola virus.
The STCW Convention and Code is continually being updated and amended to suit the changing requirements of the maritime industry. The ITF have produced previous guidance for seafarers under STCW 95 and the 2010 Manila amendments that reflect the necessary qualifications and experience of a seafarer dependent on their role and type of ship they are employed on.
