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02 May 2024
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A stain on the global maritime industry: seafarers in dire conditions on Middle East Marine vessels
In the worst case of serial seafarer abandonment ever seen, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns Middle East Marine LLC for its...
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29 Apr 2024
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Danish dockers’ action and international solidarity wins improved conditions for seafarers
Rallying of trade union support from Belgium, Australia and the USA crucial to new terms on ship working to install wind turbines with world’s largest offshore...
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26 Apr 2024
Workers’ Memorial Day: the daily dangers seafarers and dockers face at work
As one company steps up to do the right thing in the Netherlands, another CEO faces charges for the 2020 death of a New Zealand stevedoreFatigue is a seafarer’s...
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19 Apr 2024
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Shipping companies’ lifeline to Myanmar junta demonstrates disdain for human rights
Unions slam shipping giants for sustaining regime, including Maersk’s hollow claim of performing ‘heightened human rights due diligence’Global shipping giants...
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15 Apr 2024
Data analytics in action: how ITF Inspectorate data holds companies responsible for protecting rights in maritime supply chains
Comment article by Seth Payer, Head of Data and Research at the International Transport Workers' FederationThe International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)...
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18 Mar 2024
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Seafarers’ lives matter
The International Bargaining Forum’s (IBF) Warlike Operations Area Committee (WOAC) has unanimously agreed to designate the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden ‘Warlike’...
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18 Mar 2024
Mandatory Seafarers' Charter would help prevent another P&O Ferries jobs massacre
Two years ago, trade unionists across the globe reacted in outrage as P&O Ferries illegally sacked 786 UK seafarers, a move that UK unions RMT and Nautilus...
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14 Mar 2024
Charging seafarers for accommodation undermines international law
Underhand business practices targeting seafarers will advance low-cost UK employment modelBusinesses charging seafarers for accommodation on board the ships they...