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News | 15 Sep 2016

Union acts in fight for seafarer jobs at Boskalis

The demonstration in Papendrecht, the Netherlands, was part of the fight by Nautilus NL/FNV Waterbouw to stop Boskalis cutting and downgrading seafarers’ jobs....

News | 12 Sep 2016

ITF youth mission to Palestine inspires action in Australia

The event is one of the initiatives put together off the back of the ITF youth mission to Palestine back in May. The delegation, which included representatives from...

News | 09 Sep 2016

ITF winning back pay for abandoned crew

A routine ITF inspection of the Indian-owned and -flagged Malaviya Seven in Aberdeen, Scotland in June revealed that 15 crew members had not been paid for at least...

News | 01 Sep 2016 Press Release

ITF: hope grows for fair deal for Malaviya crews

The crews of the two Indian-owned and -flagged vessels have been effectively abandoned by their owners after they were held in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Great...

News | 31 Aug 2016 Press Release

International Unions Welcome Australian High Court Decision on Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Visas

The exemption, granted by the Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton, in December 2015 was overturned by the High Court today following a case lodged by the Maritime...

News | 30 Aug 2016 Press Release

ITF backs Nautilus International in fight to stop Boskalis cutting and downgrading seafarers’ jobs

The company plans to cut 650 jobs worldwide, including 150 in the Netherlands, and scrap 24 ships despite making EUR440 million profit in 2015 and EUR148 million in...

News | 24 Aug 2016 Press Release

Secret corporate structures rife in North Sea Oil

The London based International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) today released the report, Offshore Oil, Offshore Tax. Steve Cotton, ITF General Secretary, said...

News | 19 Aug 2016

Kazakhstan transport union takes first steps towards joining ITF family

ITF general secretary Steve Cotton met with leaders of the Kazakhstan Sectoral Trade Union of Workers of Railway, Road, Air and Water Transport  (KazProfTrans)...