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31 Aug 2016
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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...
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30 Aug 2016
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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01 Aug 2016
Algerian ports and transport and oil and gas unions join forces in ITF hubs alliance
The three unions, affiliated to the Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens (UGTA), the Federation nationale des travailleurs des transports (FNTT), the...
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29 Jul 2016
ITF leaders witness Korea’s persecution of trade unionists and demand justice
Cho Sung-deok, vice-president of ITF union the KPTU (Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union), was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on 26 July in...
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28 Jul 2016
North Sea oil strikers want your messages of support!
The ITF has publicly backed those working for Wood Group on Shell’s North Sea oil and gas platforms and sent a message of support, and now it’s inviting unions...
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22 Jul 2016
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ITF backs RMT and Unite action and calls on Wood Group to compromise
Commenting on the near-100 percent vote for industrial action by the members of the two ITF unions working in North Sea oil and gas, he said: “Workers for Wood...