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MLC enters ‘new chapter’ for seafarers' rights
The STC has agreed on a new amendment to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 and will now be submitted to the next session of the International Labour...
ITF President, Paddy Crumlin’s message to all workers on International Workers’ Day 2018
A message on May Day 2018
The ITF facilitates the repatriation of seafarers abandoned for almost a year
ITF Inspector and ITF Arab World Network Coordinator Mohamed Arrachedi assisted them continuously until they finally left with their wages. 8 other seafarers (7...
Disturbing new footage of Australia live sheep trade shows both workers and animals endure a living hell
Trade unions and animal activists have reacted with horror as the footage shows sheep carcasses disintegrating in the hands of crew, who are working in gumboots...
ITF response to statement by the Panama Canal Authority
The ACP has claimed that information provided to us, and subsequently circulated, was misleading and twists reality. This allegation is offensive, not only to our...
UAE Commits to Protecting Seafarers in Signing of Historic Memorandum with the ITF
On signing the memorandum at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London, ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton said: “We at the ITF are committed to...
ITF takes Irish government to court over abuse of fishers
A copy of the letter from the ITF states: ‘as of today the ITF has referred no fewer than 12 potential trafficking cases to Gardai, and of those, seven...
Union calls for “real” increase in global seafarer wage
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Nautilus International, the maritime professionals trade union, are set to tell the International Labour...