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ITF and ETF say stop TISA
As new secret documents are leaked, see https://wikileaks.org/tisa/ the International Transport Workers’ Federation and the European Transport Workers’...
ITF transport activists begin training in Morocco
ITF summer school has been running for 15 years. It provides an annual space for trade unionists to meet and share knowledge and experience. Participants focus on...
Campaigns and activism are focus as ITF training begins in Morocco
There are around 70 participants taking part in ITF Summer School which this year is being delivered entirely in Arabic. The group will focus on strategic...
African young transport workers get connected
Fifteen women and sixteen men from 21 countries participated in an ITF workshop in Dakar, Senegal from 27-30 September. They shared experiences, discussed the...
Positive reaction to IFOMS/ITF MLC seminar in Yangon
Some 40 participants gathered at the Park Royal hotel, Yangon from 3 to 6 October for a seminar on the MLC, which Myanmar ratified on 26 May. The seminar was...
Update: Malaviya Seven, Aberdeen
The detention, which was put in place on Wednesday afternoon, is over wages owed to the replacement crew of the vessel. It comes despite warnings from the ITF that...
Petrobras victory gives seafarers collective agreement
Seafarers’ unions affiliated to the confederation CONTTMAF (Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Transportes Aquaviários e Aéreos, na Pesca e nos...
ITF: refusal of shore leave to Hanjin crews 'a denial of human rights'
The issue was revealed when a visit to the chartered vessel Hanjin Marine by ITF inspector Jeff Engels to check on the crew’s welfare on Monday (after they had...