Korea: ITF unions take action for union leaders
KCTU president Han Sang-gyun has been imprisoned since July 2016 for his role in the people's rally on 14 November 2015, and KCTU general secretary Lee Young-joo is...
International bargaining forum concludes final round of negotiations
MANILA: The ITF and JNG met in Manila from February 19-22 2018, for the final round of negotiations for the creation of the new IBF Framework Agreement. The...
New IBF agreement secures the rights of dockers to do the lashing
The members of the FPC SG highlighted the new terms agreed in Article 4, Non-Seafarers Work or the “Dockers’ Clause”, as it is often referred to, as a...
African transport workers unite to build power
As part of the ITF's 9th Africa Regional Conference, 7-9 March, the participants will elect workers' representatives to the Africa regional committee, prepare for...
ITF and Qatari government continue talks under the ILO technical cooperation programme
An ITF delegation, led by ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton, visited Qatar last week to hold discussions with top officials to set a framework for the...
ITF addresses the Maersk AGM on continued cooperation
The ITF’s Maersk Network, which was set up to represent the thousands of transport workers employed across the globe by the multinational company, established...
Global union leaders converge to condemn ICTSI
Several international unions and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) general secretary, Steve Cotton, are in Melbourne this week to celebrate...
ITF Inspectors help repatriate abandoned Ukrainian Seafarers
In January 2018 the 16 Ukrainian crew members of the Bahrain flagged vessel, Avonmoor, were abandoned in the Port of Casablanca, Morocco, leaving them...