International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) President Paddy Crumlin said: “This will be a heart-wrenching time for this man’s family, friends and workmates. The ITF extend our thoughts to them all.”
“The ITF and our affiliates have a long and proud history of supporting transport workers and trade unionism in the Middle East. And over the years we’ve backed our words with actions.
Large numbers of public and private sector employees - including port and airport workers - supported the four-hour strike; Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport was shut down. Government offices, utilities, finance, technology, education and the health sector were impacted.
Under coastal trading rules introduced in 2012, foreign crew must be paid award rates as the vessel is working more than two domestic voyages in Australian waters, but today’s inspection shows that seafarers are only receiving low FOC wages.
2017 brought us challenges, but I am in no doubt that we are stronger now than we were a year ago. While globally we continue to be faced with economic and political ideologies that are anti-union and anti-worker, ITF affiliates continue to carry the fight back.
David Heindel, chair of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), seafarers' section, said: “We are strongly behind the mandate issued by the Federal Transport Authority - Land and Maritime, for the financial protection of seafarers operating in the waters of the United Arab Emirates
Since 1 January 2018, students undertaking the Kherson State Maritime Academy (KSMA) bachelor of science degree in navigation and ship power engineering have been studying a module on HIV/AIDS prevention as part of ‘occupational safety and labor protection’.
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that is widespread in many parts of the world especially in tropical and sub-tropical climates. Dengue fever in some cases can be fatal.
ITF inspector, Mohamed Arrachedi, has been helping the crew since they were abandoned in June 2016: "This has been a difficult case, and in the end we were helped to conclude it by UAE Federal Transport Authority [FTA].
KCTU president Han Sang-gyun has been imprisoned since July 2016 for his role in the people's rally on 14 November 2015, and KCTU general secretary Lee Young-joo is also facing charges for the protest.
