The ITF is supporting its Norwegian maritime affiliates that are advocating for cabotage legislation and the regulation of wages and working conditions for all seafarers working in Norwegian waters and on the continental shelf.
The event, Sustainable Partnerships in Shipping, will cover the challenges, breakthroughs and lessons learnt by both organisations during 14 years of working together.
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The Russian and Lithuanian seafarers were part of a crew which joined the ship during May and June in Las Palmas.
The five-day mission’s aims are: to visit unjustly imprisoned trade union leaders; meet with and gather information from the ITF’s eight Turkish unions and one union association; to visit members of the TÜMTİS union at their picket line in front of DHL Express in Istanbul; and to meet with offici
Beş gün sürecek olan ziyaretin amaçları şunlar: haksız bir biçimde cezaevinde tutulmakta olan sendika yöneticilerini ziyaret etmek; ITF üyesi sekiz Türkiyeli sendika ve bir dernekle görüşmek ve bilgi toplamak; İstanbul'da DHL Express önünde direniş eylemlerini sürdürmekte olan TÜMTİS sendikası üy
The ITF already has nine offices worldwide including three existing in the Asia Pacific region in Delhi, Tokyo and Sydney.
ITF president Paddy Crumlin, who is based in Sydney, said: “As a trade union organisation we’ve identified Asia Pacific as a major area of growth. We want to see more unions in the region affiliating to the ITF family.
Houston-based ITF inspector Shwe Aung is just one of those volunteering to help the relief effort. This weekend he joined a Union Day of Service that worked with the local volunteer fire department to help flooded residents clean out debris from their homes and shelter evacuees.
IMEC and the ITF invite you to come along to Sustainable Partnerships in Shipping from 12:00 to 14:30 tomorrow, September 12th, at ITF House, 49-60 Borough Road, London SE1 1DR.
