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Maersk signals way forward on ITF agreements on charters
Maersk will now change their charter party agreements to include a requirement that the charter vessel owners must document that the vessel is covered by an ITF...
Unions and workers agree XPO Logistics strategy
The ITF brought together nine unions from Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and the United States for this first XPO strategy meeting, on 6 April in...
ITF Maersk network to set out priorities ahead of company AGM
The network is made up of transport unions that represent maritime workers on vessels and in ports owned or operated by a Maersk Group company. The network’s...
Workers to benefit from stronger unions in Venezuela
ITF regional secretary Antonio Fritz and deputy regional secretary Edgar Diaz held a seminar in Caracas on 29-31 March with the Federación Bolivariana de...
ITF comment on Panama Papers revelations
General secretary Stephen Cotton said: "Money laundering, terrorist financing and tax evasion are all clearly unacceptable practices and at odds with the global...
Australian senate hearing raises “shocking concerns”
The fact that the captain of the ‘death ship’ Sage Sagittarius – on which three people have died in suspicious circumstances – was allowed to work off the...
ITF unions share successes to mark International Women’s Day
That's from Christine at the Zimbabwe Amalgamated Railway Workers’ Union and it's just one of the stories shared to mark International Women’s Day last...
Support global action day for fast food workers
The IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural and Hospitality Workers) organises the day. It hopes that unions worldwide will organise protests outside local,...