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21 Jul 2014
ITF pushes for MLC ratification and implementation in Ukraine
At a meeting in Kiev with Ukraine’s minister of infrastructure, Volodymyr Kozak, ITF acting general secretary Stephen Cotton welcomed Kozak’s commitment to work...
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21 Jul 2014
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World offshore labour body opposes Oz govt visa trick
The chair of the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s offshore task force group today condemned the Australian government’s move to override a Senate...
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17 Jul 2014
ITF pays its respects to Tolpuddle Martyrs
For Joseph Katende, ITF Africa regional secretary, the chance to visit the Tolpuddle Martyrs festival in Dorset, UK fulfilled a long-held dream. The festival...
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17 Jul 2014
Appalling conditions on ghost ship uncovered
Sixty seven inspections in one week in designated ports in Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Philippines led to notices of warnings being issued to errant...
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17 Jul 2014
European union federations urge action on social dumping
The ETF and several of its affiliates joined two other European union federations and the ETUC to urge the eradication of discrimination and abuses of social rights...
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17 Jul 2014
ITF uses Facebook event to thank LabourStart
A LabourStart fundraising event organised through Facebook in London on 4 May to celebrate International Workers Day gave the ITF an opportunity to thank the...
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17 Jul 2014
ITF invests staff and money in charity ‘Big Row’
The ITF and the ITF Seafarers’ Trust have donated a total of GBP10,000 (USD15,000) at a fundraising event for an African maritime charity where support also came...
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17 Jul 2014
ITF seafarers’ chair: ‘Time to put fairness at heart of maritime world’
ITF seafarers’section chair Dave Heindel has echoed the Global Unions’ call to the G8 meeting to put fairness at the heart of their economies and added a plea...