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15 May 2015
Fair practices committee boosts New Zealand and Australia oil and gas giant protests
On 13 and 14 May, the FPC passed a motion condemning BP for slashing jobs, replacing 36 Australian crew of the fuel tanker British Loyalty with cheap foreign...
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14 May 2015
ITF HIV survey shows need to address seafarers' health
A broader vision of seafarer wellbeing: survey of ITF maritime affiliates on HIV/AIDS, health and wellbeing is based on responses by 34 trade unions in 30 countries...
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11 May 2015
Press Release
Campaign to protect jobs onboard the British Loyalty goes global
An emergency motion was introduced at a meeting in Perth today of the ITF Seafarers’ Section meeting by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). The oil and gas...
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11 May 2015
Press Release
ITF president declares Australia’s Barrow Island a port of convenience
Chevron’s Gorgon LNG project off Australia’s north-west coast has blown out from US$37 billion to US$54 billion due to the company’s ongoing...
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11 May 2015
Press Release
Survey reveals need for seafarer HIV and wellbeing action
Available at http://goo.gl/L8AWxH the report A broader vision of seafarer wellbeing: survey of ITF maritime affiliates on HIV/AIDS, health and wellbeing questioned...
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30 Apr 2015
ITF unions act on container safety on Workers’ Memorial Day
Members from the dockers’, road transport workers, railway workers and seafarers’ sections were part of 28 April activities highlighting the ITF container...
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30 Apr 2015
Sri Lanka union pioneers HIV non-discrimination deal
The ‘special agreement’, added to the three-year memorandum of agreement that runs from 2015 to 2017, will cover around 720 seafarers working on 16 vessels...
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27 Apr 2015
Women leaders build change
Thirty women leaders from 27 countries, members of the international ITF committee that represents women transport workers all over the globe, discussed gender...