And now the search is on for attendees for this year’s summer school, being held in July in Washington, which will specifically focus on young workers, those under the age of 35.
Using Joint ITF/ISF Interpretation of the ILO Recommended Minimum Wage for an AB - extrapolated on basis of
Rates applicable from 1st January 2021
Trust funding enabled the MPHRP to make a significant contribution to the welfare support of seafarers, and their families caught up in and affected by such attacks.
More than 1,000 workers are stranded on Barrow Island, off the north-west coast of Australia, after the Chevron stuffed up plans to evacuate its workforce ahead of the arrival of the Category Three Cyclone.
This was the first time voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) sessions were organised during the annual seminars in India, Indonesia, Jamaica and the Philippines run by the NSU (Norwegian Seafarers’ Union), AMOSUP (The Associated Marine Officers’ and Seamen’s Union of the Philippines), FIT-
Before they graduate and go on board ship, all cadets will now have an extensive, week-long course on preventing HIV and other STIs, as well as their rights, should they become positive.
As part of its aims, the new ITF Americas Regional Offshore Oil and Gas Task Force Group will campaign to retain and secure national cabotage and continental shelf jurisdiction in the offshore oil and gas sector. Enrique Lozano from the Mexican Maritime Union (Orden de Capitanes y Pilotos N
ITF Africa regional secretary Joseph Katende congratulated prime minister Yacouba Isaac Zida and minister for infrastructure and transport Daouda Traoré on the government’s decision to cancel the privatisation of Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso international airports.
Cotton told the delegates that “as Myanmar undergoes a transition towards a more democratic form of government, independent labour unions will be crucial in building a new Myanmar”.
Since 2014, thousands of people have been attempting the dangerous sea crossing to Europe, from Africa and the Middle East, in overcrowded boats not fit for purpose, with over 3,500 people having already lost their lives. Many are at the mercy of people smugglers.
