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News | 03 Jul 2014 Press Release

ITF Seafarers’ Trust awards GBP100,000 to help Filipino seafarers

The ITF Seafarers’ Trust – the charity arm of the International Transport Workers” Federation – today authorised two grants totalling GBP100,000 to aid...

News | 03 Jul 2014 Press Release

ITF moves to arrest vessel Isis at Tilbury

The ITF has initiated arrest proceedings on behalf of the crew of the Marshall Islands-flagged M/S Isis, which is moored at Tilbury, England and whose crew are owed...

News | 03 Jul 2014

Delegation takes union rights protest to Swiss heartland

A forty-strong international delegation took its protest over a lack of labour rights direct to the Swiss heartland today, when it put a global company...

News | 03 Jul 2014

Success for first seminar on putting Mexico City policy into practice

Delegates gathered in London this month for the first seminar on ITF Mexico City policy implementation. Twenty-six union leaders and staff from ITF seafarers’...

News | 03 Jul 2014

IMO marks World Maritime Day

This year's theme for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) World Maritime Day, 26 September, was sustainable development. IMO secretary-general Koji...

News | 03 Jul 2014 Press Release

Update on MV Isis, Tilbury, UK

Last week the ITF initiated arrest procedures against the vessel Isis at Tilbury on behalf of its crew.As a result of the legal action the operators, Derna...

News | 03 Jul 2014 Press Release

Portsmouth demo tomorrow to tackle Condor Ferries’ ‘social dumping’

Representatives of ITF-affiliated unions, including the RMT and Unite the Union, will be joined by the ITF’s UK and Ireland inspectorate at 16:00 tomorrow, 18...

News | 03 Jul 2014 Press Release

Global campaign to target Chevron over Gorgon delays and overruns

The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has joined forces with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) in a global campaign to build awareness over...