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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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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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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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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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30 Aug 2016
Press Release
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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31 Aug 2016
Press Release
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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01 Sep 2016
Press Release
ITF: hope grows for fair deal for Malaviya crews
The crews of the two Indian-owned and -flagged vessels have been effectively abandoned by their owners after they were held in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Great...
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09 Sep 2016
ITF winning back pay for abandoned crew
A routine ITF inspection of the Indian-owned and -flagged Malaviya Seven in Aberdeen, Scotland in June revealed that 15 crew members had not been paid for at least...