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News | 17 Jul 2014 Press Release

IBF press statement: Non Seafarers Work Clause

The IBF High Level Officers meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden on 12 of March 2013, considered, inter alia, the industrial dispute at the US West Coast which has led...

News | 17 Jul 2014 Press Release

World union bodies slam latest Fiji military manoeuvre

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and its fellow global unions, along with the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) have united to...

News | 17 Jul 2014

ITF maritime safety meeting in Mumbai first

Twenty-nine international delegates and a representative each from the National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) and the Maritime Union of India (MUI)...

News | 17 Jul 2014 Press Release

ITF keeping port and vessel under observation

The ITF is keeping the vessel Long Beach under observation after it reportedly loaded at the Mitsui-UGC terminal at the port of Vancouver, Washington State, USA,...

News | 17 Jul 2014 Press Release

First East Asia action next week

ITF inspectors, along with dockers’ and seafarers’ union members will begin the first East Asian maritime action week of 2013 on Monday across ports in Japan,...

News | 17 Jul 2014 Press Release

New ITF app releases to aid seafarers and charterers

The ITF is launching a new generation of free apps, including one to help seafarers and charterers support and build on the fair employment provisions of MLC2006. A...

News | 17 Jul 2014

Unions seek Pemex explosion truth

ITF and its Mexican affiliates are demanding the truth about the catastrophic explosion on 31 January at the Mexico City headquarters of Mexican state oil giant...

News | 17 Jul 2014 Press Release

ITF gives guarded thumbs up to MLC preparation

As Malta becomes the 34th ILO member state to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006, the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today gave...