ITF corrects Paraguayan media report errors
ITF Americas regional secretary Antonio Fritz has spoken out to correct a number of erroneous and unchecked reports in the Paraguayan media. These attack the...
PALEA secures reinstatement agreement
The ITF today applauded the determination of a Philippines union – and the international solidarity which helped sustain it – that has led to the re-employment...
International Day of the Seafarer 2013
The ITF and its affiliates are celebrating the International Day of the Seafarer today, Tuesday 25 June. Called by the International Maritime Organization, the day...
ITF statement on Philippines disaster: Union relief efforts forge ahead
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and its affiliated unions are taking action to help those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. Despite the...
ITF calls on affiliates for Tunisia protest
In solidarity with ITF-affiliate the Syndicat General de la Marine Marchande et des Ports, the ITF has today urged its affiliates to send letters of protest to...
Concern about failure to report casualties
Some flag states are failing to submit the required reports on maritime casualties, said shipowners and maritime unions in a joint submission to the International...
Pollution warning on unclean ship in Melbourne
ITF Australia coordinator Dean Summers has warned of potential environmental damage in Melbourne, Australia due to an unsafe vessel inspected in the port. The...
Day of the Seafarer is meaningless without vaccines and our rights restored
Today is Day of the Seafarer and this year's theme is ‘a future fair for seafarers’. But there is little point contemplating what a fair...