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Union resistance to a plan by employers to remove the right reached a peak during an international action day  on Feb 18th

Submissions have been made from across the industry, including from the AMO, MM&P, MEBA and SIU trade unions, the Chamber of Shipping of America and the seafarers’ welfare organisations.

ITF representatives, government officials, international development partners, industry players, maritime workers’ unions, embassy representatives and members of the public made up the 430 delegates from 12 countries who took part in the two-day conference on the theme ‘from land to sea: new fron

And now the search is on for attendees for this year’s summer school, being held in July in Washington, which will specifically focus on young workers, those under the age of 35.

Trust funding enabled the MPHRP to make a significant contribution to the welfare support of seafarers, and their families caught up in and affected by such attacks.

More than 1,000 workers are stranded on Barrow Island, off the north-west coast of Australia, after the Chevron stuffed up plans to evacuate its workforce ahead of the arrival of the Category Three Cyclone.

This was the first time voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) sessions were organised during the annual seminars in India, Indonesia, Jamaica and the Philippines run by the NSU (Norwegian Seafarers’ Union), AMOSUP (The Associated Marine Officers’ and Seamen’s Union of the Philippines), FIT-

Before they graduate and go on board ship, all cadets will now have an extensive, week-long course on preventing HIV and other STIs, as well as their rights, should they become positive.

As part of its aims, the new ITF Americas Regional Offshore Oil and Gas Task Force Group will campaign to retain and secure national cabotage and continental shelf jurisdiction in the offshore oil and gas sector.  Enrique Lozano from the Mexican Maritime Union (Orden de Capitanes y Pilotos N