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22 Jul 2015
Trade unionists launch Fair Transport Europe initiative to urge EC action
Under the Lisbon Treaty, EU citizens can launch an ECI calling on the Commission to act on specific issues of its competence. The rules dictate that citizens then...
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29 Jul 2015
Press Release
ITF Seafarers' Trust announces welfare vehicle effectiveness survey
One of the Seafarers' Trust's main areas of funding is that of providing seafarers’ centres/ships visitors with the means of transporting themselves and seafarers...
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31 Jul 2015
Press Release
ITF challenges HPH over Australia and Indonesia worker treatment
In Australia Hutchison Ports Australia (HPA) stands accused of using automation and forced redundancy to get rid of union members. In Indonesia HPH is aiming to...
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06 Aug 2015
Training firsts for Myanmar seafarers
The one-day workshops in Yangon from 27-29 July revolved around sessions on the basic rights contained in the MLC and how to enforce them, and the role of the ITF's...
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25 Aug 2015
ITF coordinator swims Channel
The money generated by the 13 hour and 19 minute swim across the world’s busiest shipping lanes goes to not-for-profit Hunterlink Recovery Services, which offers...
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27 Aug 2015
Press Release
Special briefing meeting on the health and wellbeing of women seafarers
A joint initiative by the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the...
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03 Sep 2015
Cotton urges Ukraine to ratify seafarer rights conventions
Addressing the MTWTU plenary in Odessa, Cotton commended the union’s “outstanding work” to promote the MLC and its efforts to represent seafarers and dockers...
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08 Sep 2015
Press Release
Global conference puts workers’ capital in spotlight
Pressing Forward: Putting the Workers Capital Agenda to Action, running from 7-8 September, has been organised by the Global Unions Committee on Workers’ Capital...