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02 Feb 2021
Seafarers on hunger strike, hospitalised in Kuwait to stop families going hungry: the full story
After 11 months without pay for their families, 19 seafarers on board the MV Ula bulk carrier in the port of Shuaiba, Kuwait have gone on a hunger strike. The...
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04 Feb 2021
Wage theft, forgery and crew abuse on the MV Onda - Amin Shipping at it again
Luis Alberto Veloso is one of four abandoned seafarers on board the Togo-flagged MV Onda who has gone one year without pay. The ship and its crew are abandoned...
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15 Feb 2021
Press Release
ITF condemns military coup; solidarity with Burmese seafarers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the attempted military takeover of Myanmar’s fragile democracy...
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15 Feb 2021
Update: Amin Shipping trick Onda crew in attempted wage coverup
Since the ITF brought you the story of the crew of the MV Onda, it seems Mohamed Amin has plunged to new depths in his exploitation of the seafarers. The ITF has...
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15 Feb 2021
Press Release
Companies can step up to save seafarers stranded off China
'It’s expensive, but it’s the right thing to do’ – that’s the message from the global union body for seafarers as the ITF calls on shipping companies to...
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18 Feb 2021
FEATURE: Abandoned Palmali crew are caught in an inhumane trap - Turkey can free them
The humanitarian effort to feed, repatriate and fight for the seafarers’ outstanding wages has been spearheaded by the International Transport Workers’...
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22 Feb 2021
ITF family secures tanker crew release in Iran
More than a dozen seafarers from South Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia are now making their way home after the International Transport Workers’ Federation...
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24 Feb 2021
Press Release
Fiji government must step in over ferries scam, rights violations
Seafarers have been made homeless and left stranded thousands of kilometres from their loved ones after a major Fijian ferry company scammed and underpaid them, and...