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05 Mar 2015
Could you be a participant in ITF youth summer school?
And now the search is on for attendees for this year’s summer school, being held in July in Washington, which will specifically focus on young workers, those...
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10 Mar 2015
Press Release
ITF Seafarers’ Trust renews support for a humanitarian response to seafarers subjected to maritime piracy
Trust funding enabled the MPHRP to make a significant contribution to the welfare support of seafarers, and their families caught up in and affected by such...
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13 Mar 2015
Press Release
ITF Calls For Investigation Into Chevron’s Management of Gorgon LNG Project Evacuation Procedures As Severe Tropical Cyclone Olwyn Approaches
More than 1,000 workers are stranded on Barrow Island, off the north-west coast of Australia, after the Chevron stuffed up plans to evacuate its workforce ahead of...
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19 Mar 2015
Cruise ship workers take voluntary HIV tests
This was the first time voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) sessions were organised during the annual seminars in India, Indonesia, Jamaica and the...
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19 Mar 2015
Asia Pacific maritime cadets receive HIV/AIDS prevention training
Before they graduate and go on board ship, all cadets will now have an extensive, week-long course on preventing HIV and other STIs, as well as their rights, should...
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26 Mar 2015
Press Release
Latin American & Caribbean offshore taskforce group launched to fight for offshore workers’ rights in the region
As part of its aims, the new ITF Americas Regional Offshore Oil and Gas Task Force Group will campaign to retain and secure national cabotage and continental shelf...
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02 Apr 2015
ITF wins government commitment to workers’ rights in Burkina Faso
ITF Africa regional secretary Joseph Katende congratulated prime minister Yacouba Isaac Zida and minister for infrastructure and transport Daouda Traoré on the...
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07 Apr 2015
Press Release
ITF General Secretary hails momentous and historic day for the labour movement in Myanmar
Cotton told the delegates that “as Myanmar undergoes a transition towards a more democratic form of government, independent labour unions will be crucial in...