Seafarers' unions celebrate #DayoftheSeafarer 2022
Saturday 25 June is the official IMO Day of the Seafarer and today, the ITF global family of seafarers' unions celebrated online and all across the...
ITF Statement on second postponement of International Bargaining Forum negotiations
Maritime employers in the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) have argued for and secured a second deferral of IBF ‘cost negotiations’ to the disappointment of...
ITF confirms Ever Given crew welfare, but Egypt cannot hold Suez seafarers hostage
Representatives of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Sunday boarded the MV Ever Given (IMO: 9811000) to check on the health and welfare of the...
Seafarer Mohammad Aisha is going home thanks to ITF, ending four years on abandoned ship
Seafarer Mohammad Aisha is tonight boarding an airplane to return to his native Syria, ending a four-year battle where he was forced to live on an abandoned ship in...
‘A total own goal’: Shipowners’ wage cuts plan a slap in the face for pandemic heroes
The world’s seafarers yesterday took the extraordinary decision to shut down negotiations over the future of seafarers’ minimum wages with national shipowners...
It’s time to end oppression and respect workers’ civil liberties
May Day is when workers of the world stop and reflect. We’re seeing so many human rights abuses — workers being denied their right to free association, free...
No more excuses for global brands as new tool launched in fight to resolve crew change crisis
The world’s seafarers’ unions say the world’s biggest brands have no excuse not to audit their supply chains and issue directives to suppliers on crew change,...
UN task force should probe why governments failed to fulfill obligations to seafarers during pandemic
Shipowners and seafarers’ representatives have asked the United Nations to establish an interagency task force to examine the implementation and practical...