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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...
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12 Sep 2016
ITF youth mission to Palestine inspires action in Australia
The event is one of the initiatives put together off the back of the ITF youth mission to Palestine back in May. The delegation, which included representatives from...
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15 Sep 2016
Union acts in fight for seafarer jobs at Boskalis
The demonstration in Papendrecht, the Netherlands, was part of the fight by Nautilus NL/FNV Waterbouw to stop Boskalis cutting and downgrading seafarers’ jobs....
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19 Sep 2016
Press Release
ITF: guarded welcome for Cambodia FOC promises
ITF maritime coordinator Jacqueline Smith stated: “In May the government said it was abolishing the register entirely. Since then they have suggested they will...