Seafarers’ unions affiliated to the confederation CONTTMAF (Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Transportes Aquaviários e Aéreos, na Pesca e nos Portos) signed a collective agreement with Petrobras subsidiary Transpetro on 16 September, after 94 percent of members
The detention, which was put in place on Wednesday afternoon, is over wages owed to the replacement crew of the vessel.
Includes a guide to what the flags of convenience system really means for seafarers. We look at some cases of abandonment, where the FOC system gets in the way of seafarers winning unpaid wages and being repatriated. And we look at some examples of how the system delays justice when seafarers are caught up in criminal investigations.
Some 40 participants gathered at the Park Royal hotel, Yangon from 3 to 6 October for a seminar on the MLC, which Myanmar ratified on 26 May.
Fifteen women and sixteen men from 21 countries participated in an ITF workshop in Dakar, Senegal from 27-30 September.
There are around 70 participants taking part in ITF Summer School which this year is being delivered entirely in Arabic.
ITF summer school has been running for 15 years. It provides an annual space for trade unionists to meet and share knowledge and experience.
As new secret documents are leaked, see https://wikileaks.org/tisa/ the International Transport Workers’ Federation and the European Transport Workers’ Federation have joined other global union organisations in blasting the EU for pushing oth
The denial of shore leave to Hanjin crews was highlighted by a spontaneous action of dockers at the same port last month, and by ITF inspectors in the USA (see https://goo.gl/RDd549).
The ITF meeting brings together the organisation’s governing executive board from around the globe, and takes place in Panama City, today and tomorrow.
