The programme is designed to bring together workers who are linked by the same geographical industrial hub - and part of the same supply chain - to give their unions more industrial power and influence over negotiations with management and decisions made by employers.
ITF affiliated union the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and IndustriALL affiliated union the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) have announced merger talks (see http://goo.gl/kncWni).
Over 100 ITF inspectors have joined a march in Panama City against government attacks on the rights of Panamanian transport workers and the Panama Canal Authority’s (PCA) unwillingness to discuss concerns about the safety of new locks.
Paddy Crumlin, ITF President welcomed today’s decision and said Chevron needed to come clean and pay its fair share of taxes.
“This demonstrates the complete disregard Chevron has for Australia and the lengths it will go to avoid its obligations.
Cabotage is in place in some form in 47 countries. It is the system of reserving a nation's domestic maritime commerce for its own citizens to ensure the retention of skilled workers and decent jobs for the future of the industry.
ITF general secretary Steve Cotton congratulated her on behalf of the federation.
In this edition of the Seafarers’ bulletin, we report on these national and global efforts by the ITF and its family of unions, and examine how the virus has affected the global maritime industry.
Nermin Al-Sharif, leader of the ITF-affiliated Dockers’ and Seafarers’ Union of Libya, was driving a car near Benghazi that crashed after it was followed by two other cars and shot at. She is now out of hospital and recovering from her injuries.
The ITF – which represents 4.7 million transport workers worldwide – has expressed its concern that Alcoa was trying to exploit local laws and circumvent workers’ rights, and that the company was attempting to whittle down wages to boost already healthy profits.
Some 8,500 AMOSUP members and their families, along with other unions, social partners and international guests, enjoyed the day-long celebration at the Mall of Asia MOA grounds.
