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05 Oct 2020
ITF and JNG Joint Statement: On Seafarers’ Rights and the Present Crew Change Crisis
Our industry is responsible for 90% of global trade. Historically, we have been critical to the development of national economies and global prosperity. We remain...
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14 Oct 2020
ITF’s new Norwegian Inspector gets crew home, paid stolen wages
In August the Panama-flagged towing vessel ‘Diavlos Force’ left Piereus, Greece on a contract to transport a hull from a Romanian shipyard in the Black Sea to...
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22 Oct 2020
Press Release
Japanese car ship arrested in Melbourne over crew change
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) officials have been involved in stopping a Japanese-owned car import vessel from slipping through Australian...
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02 Nov 2020
ITF and Marlow battle to get crew changed as crisis hits eight months
Stuck on board a ship since February, an apprentice engineer feels humiliated that she has no sanitary towels. She’s increasingly distressed that she cannot go...
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03 Nov 2020
Press Release
Unions and employers partner on a project to ensure seafarers from the Philippines are ‘Covid-free’
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC) have launched an enhanced quarantine and testing...
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05 Nov 2020
ITF Executive Board statement to members
The ITF reaffirms the critical role transport workers continue to play in keeping the world moving through the Covid-19 pandemic, and our solidarity with our...
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09 Nov 2020
200,000 striking Bangladeshi maritime workers win decade-long battle for rights
Late last month, over 200,000 ‘naujan’, or river navigation workers, under the banner of the ITF-affiliated Bangladesh Noujan Shramik Federation (BNSF) won...
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11 Nov 2020
Historic Biden-Harris victory is a testament to the power of workers: ITF
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is hailing the historic election victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the 46th President-elect and...