In July 2016 the logistics giant first agreed to commit to continued dialogue, with the parties meeting four times a year to settle issues in a mutually acceptable manner to avoid future problems.
This protocol has now been extended until December 2019, when it will be reviewed again.
The free ITF Wellbeing app is available for both Android and iOS devices – just download it from your app store or from the ITF Seafarers website.
FTA and ITF officials met this week to discuss the increasing number of abandonment cases faced by the UAE and the Gulf State's desire to bring an end to the problem.
It tells the story of how Shwe left Burma as a seafarer, but saw his life completely change as he took on a corrupt ship owner and was blacklisted for his activism.
Hepatitis A is a liver disease which is spread by contaminated food and water.
Topics on the agenda included cabotage, abandonment, the fair treatment of seafarers facing criminal charges or investigation, and amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006.
The meeting, organised by the UN's human rights office on 25 October, is working on the elements of the proposed ‘international instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activitie
Your elected representatives from across the ITF’s regions, sections and departments met in Amsterdam to endorse the direction of the organisation in the run up to congress 2018 and hear the latest on ongoing ITF campaigns and key areas of work.
Following years of international campaigning against kafala – a form of indentured labour that in practice has equated to often slavelike treatment of workers – the Qatari government has now gone on record as stating that it will finally be terminated.
The latest plans would lead to the likely removal of 20 Netherlands nationals and their replacement by agency workers from other countries.
