Workers all along the supply chain will be affected by the closure of a major Australian car manufacturer
The IMO has adopted a mandatory safety code for ships using gases or other low-flashpoint fuels. The booklet provides a brief information on the IGF Code and what will happen to seafarers’ training requirements. For more in-depth information, refer to the ITF Guidelines on IGF Code. The ITF Secretariat will provide more information if it is requested via maritime@itf.org.uk .
Today, 20 August, the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) – the seafarers’ bill of rights – comes into force. The MLC is a far-reaching, groundbreaking international convention which establishes an international minimum standard that has the potential to make a real difference to seafarers.
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.
