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01 Jan 2020
#LashingIsDockersWork: ITF Dockers’ Clause comes into force
The ITF “Dockers’ Clause” comes into force in Canada and Europe today. A lot has been said about what is commonly called the Dockers Clause, but it’s worth...
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16 Dec 2019
International trade unions bring spotlight to Port of Auckland automation plans
PICTURED ABOVE: Craig Harrison (MUNZ, then-President of Local 13; now National Secretary); Bob Dhaliwal (ILWU Canada Secretary-Treasurer, ITF Dockers’ Section...
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29 Nov 2019
MTWTU hold union awareness-raising seminar for Ukrainian seafarers
The ITF-supported event, Union Week - New Generation, is the fourth awareness-raising seminar hosted by MTWTU in four years in Odessa, Ukraine, which attracted...
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29 Nov 2019
High level ITF delegation signs enhanced MoU in China
An ITF delegation, led by the general secretary Stephen Cotton, has visited China this week to enhance cooperation and understanding with the country’s labour...
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27 Nov 2019
Mental stress levels at sea dangerously high, study finds
A wide-ranging study by Yale University – commissioned by the ITF Seafarers Trust – has found dangerously high levels of mental stress among seafarers, and...
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26 Nov 2019
International young workers camp organises new union members in Uganda
Nearly 500 workers have signed up to their local union as part of a young workers’ camp in Jinja, Uganda, backed by the ITF. Over 100 young workers are...
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19 Nov 2019
Toilet rights are human rights: Transport Workers’ Sanitation Charter
On World Toilet Day, 19 November 2019, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is launching a Transport Workers’ Sanitation Charter, because...
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15 Nov 2019
Capacity building in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
The ITF has held a training session in Algiers, Algeria 10-12 November in partnership with the Fédération Nationale des Travailleurs des Transports - Union...