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24 Nov 2015
Press Release
ITF Seafarers’ Trust launches Shore Leave 2.0
Luca Tommasi, Seafarers’ Trust Project Manager explained: “The idea of the original app was to transform the ISWAN seafarers’ centres directory into an...
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18 Nov 2015
Press Release
International seafarers and dockers oppose withdrawal of MV Portland by Alcoa
.The ITF cabotage taskforce was launched last month to support cabotage protection laws that help maintain nations’ skills, shipping and security, and to...
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17 Nov 2015
Press Release
New deal brings Australian workers back to the docks 100 days after mass sackings
It has been 103 days since 97 workers were terminated in Brisbane and Sydney, many via text and email. It was strongly felt that the company was using automation...
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17 Nov 2015
Nermin attack shows need for union action to end violence against women
Al-Sharif, leader of the ITF-affiliated Dockers and Seafarers Union of Libya, was shot at on 8 November while driving. She has fought ceaselessly for her members’...
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16 Nov 2015
AMOSUP achieves world record during 55th year celebrations
Some 8,500 AMOSUP members and their families, along with other unions, social partners and international guests, enjoyed the day-long celebration at the Mall of...
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12 Nov 2015
Press Release
ITF urges Alcoa to rethink Australian coastal sackings
The ITF – which represents 4.7 million transport workers worldwide – has expressed its concern that Alcoa was trying to exploit local laws and circumvent...
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12 Nov 2015
ITF calls for action after attempted murder of female union activist
Nermin Al-Sharif, leader of the ITF-affiliated Dockers’ and Seafarers’ Union of Libya, was driving a car near Benghazi that crashed after it was followed by two...
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03 Nov 2015
ITF stalwart voted union congress president
ITF general secretary Steve Cotton congratulated her on behalf of the federation. He told her: “This well-deserved appointment is gratifying in so many ways:...