Updates from around the globe on the ITF’s work to build a fairer, safer and more just world for seafarers. Our news section covers issues affecting all seafarers, wherever they may be, and what we’re doing to improve seafarers’ lives and jobs, now and in the future.
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#MayDay2020: The system is broken, together we will build a new normal
International Workers’ Day message from ITF president Paddy Crumlin and ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton
Covid-19 cannot be used to lower wages and standards for ferry workers
Seafarers are vital employees because they keep the global supply chains moving.
#IWMD20: ITF demands urgent protections for transport workers
ITF Management Committee statement on protecting workers during and after the Covid-19 pandemic
Recognition of COVID-19 as an occupational disease
On the occasion of International Workers Memorial Day 2020[1]
Covid-19: Bangladeshi union in massive community response
Supplying protective equipment, offering accommodation, mental health support services – just some of what is being done by the Bangladesh Merchants Marine Officers Association (BMMOA)
Respect seafarers' right to emergency medical treatment ashore
The International Labour Organization (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) is clear – a seafarer, while working on board, has the right to adequate health protection and access to prompt and
ICS and ITF call on ships to sound horns to support “unsung heroes of global trade” for International Workers’ Day
The International Chamber of Shipping and its global network of national member associations and the International Transport Workers’ Fe
Podcast: Covid-19 and the ILO
Abandoned at sea in the midst of a pandemic
Three Greek seafarers and 22 of their shipmates on two bulk carriers at anchor in the Port of Djibouti are among a rising tide of crew a
ITF assists crews in Sudan and Lebanon for the first time
Despite Covid-19 restrictions, the ITF has assisted abandoned crews in Sudan and Lebanon for the first time and delivered humanitarian assistance as the number of cases like
Emergency medical evacuation finally granted for seafarer after Indonesian authorities reject multiple requests for help
The crew member showed symptoms of having suffered a stroke while the vessel was in international waters 225 kilometres from the island of Sumatra.
Podcast: women's advocacy and Covid-19
The latest, special ITF podcast looking at the Covid-19 crisis has heard about the partic