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News | 10 Jul 2014

Pollution warning on unclean ship in Melbourne

ITF Australia coordinator Dean Summers has warned of potential environmental damage in Melbourne, Australia due to an unsafe vessel inspected in the port. The...

News | 10 Jul 2014

Concern about failure to report casualties

Some flag states are failing to submit the required reports on maritime casualties, said shipowners and maritime unions in a joint submission to the International...

News | 10 Jul 2014

ITF calls on affiliates for Tunisia protest

In solidarity with ITF-affiliate the Syndicat General de la Marine Marchande et des Ports, the ITF has today urged its affiliates to send letters of protest to...

News | 10 Jul 2014 Press Release

ITF statement on Philippines disaster: Union relief efforts forge ahead

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and its affiliated unions are taking action to help those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. Despite the...

News | 10 Jul 2014

International Day of the Seafarer 2013

The ITF and its affiliates are celebrating the International Day of the Seafarer today, Tuesday 25 June. Called by the International Maritime Organization, the day...

News | 03 Jul 2014 Press Release

PALEA secures reinstatement agreement

The ITF today applauded the determination of a Philippines union – and the international solidarity which helped sustain it – that has led to the re-employment...

News | 03 Jul 2014 Press Release

ITF corrects Paraguayan media report errors

ITF Americas regional secretary Antonio Fritz has spoken out to correct a number of erroneous and unchecked reports in the Paraguayan media. These attack the...

News | 03 Jul 2014

Tunisian ITF unions call strike in face of workers’ rights abuses

Transport sector workers in Tunisia have called a one-day strike on 12 December 2013 in response to the continuing erosion of workers’ rights. ITF affiliates...