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09 May 2019
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Maritime workers rally globally to ‘save Australian shipping’
Protests outside Australian Embassies and Consulates, corporate offices and on the waterfront called for a reinvigoration of Australia’s domestic shipping...
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27 Apr 2019
International Workers’ Memorial Day: making technology work for us, not against us
By Victor Figueroa, ITF strategic researcherOccupational Safety and Health (OSH) are crucial issues for workers everywhere in the world. Over decades workers in...
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26 Apr 2019
US charges Greek company with pollution cover-up
A US court has charged a Greek ship management company, corporate vessel owner and chief engineer on six counts of falsification of pollution records, obstruction...
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26 Apr 2019
Thirty drown in crossing to Trinidad
More than 30 young Venezuelans are feared to have drowned while making the crossing to Trinidad, after the fishing vessel carrying them capsized in rough seas five...
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26 Apr 2019
Tanzania ratifies MLC
Tanzania has become the 93rd member state of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC 2006). The...
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26 Apr 2019
ITF wins protection for migrant workers in Ireland’s fishing industry
Following a longstanding campaign, the ITF has won a commitment from the Irish government to bring in new measures to protect migrant workers in the country’s...
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26 Apr 2019
Canaries in the cargo hold: dockers and seafarers dying in confined spaces on the rise
Since January 2018, 16 dockers and 12 seafarers have died from asphyxiation or explosions in confined spaces – or from falls after passing out due to bad air....
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24 Apr 2019
Time to put lashing in safe hands
Dockers are the workers trained in lashing, seafarers are not. That difference matters. Seafarers are dying in frightening numbers at the hands of unscrupulous...