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02 Mar 2017
First wellbeing seminar for Myanmar maritime students
The seminar was part of the ITF’s global initiative to introduce modules on HIV/AIDS and wellbeing issues for maritime students. This was the first such seminar...
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28 Feb 2017
Press Release
Global protests target Madagascan Government in campaign to reinstate sacked dock workers
“These workers were sacked for fighting for better wages and against dangerous conditions. After joining their union, they faced intimidation and retaliation from...
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23 Feb 2017
Press Release
Victory and tickets home for Malaviya crew
The Malaviya 20 is one of two Indian-owned and -flagged vessels that were effectively abandoned by their owners after they were detained in Aberdeen and Great...
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22 Feb 2017
Awareness week prompts 125 Myanmar seafarers to join union
More than 400 seafarers and 100 cadets from the Myanmar Maritime University – most of them not union members – participated in the first of what will become an...
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22 Feb 2017
ITF unions continue to build strength in Venezuela
They used the event to plan how they could become more powerful through increased membership and the promotion of collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). The ITF...
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21 Feb 2017
ITF Arab World conference further builds Pathway to Congress success
That’s the verdict on the ITF Arab World regional conference in Tunisia that came to a close on Friday. 255 participants represented 33 unions from 12...
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20 Feb 2017
Press Release
ITF condemns Ukrainian wage slash offer
Describing itself as the Ukrainian National Platform of Maritime Trade Unions, the new group is touting for business by promising to undercut agreed and negotiated...
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12 Feb 2017
Press Release
Arab spring and freedom for Palestine in spotlight at ITF Arab World regional conference
More than 200 trade unionists from across the region will meet in Tunisia this week to assess their achievements and challenges, and to set their work agenda for...