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Kenyan seafarers discuss strengthening union
The seminar, at the end of January, was the first meeting for rank and file seafarers, and was organised by the ITF in conjunction with local partners in the labour...
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ITF welcomes shore leave progress
At the ILO in Geneva a tripartite meeting of employers, trade unions and governments agreed a common approach to improving ILO Convention 185 on seafarers’...
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A new welcome for visiting seafarers
The MLC requires member states to ensure that seafarers have access to shore-based facilities and services to secure their health and well-being, and recommends...
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Employer groups around the world try to undermine the right to strike. Join the global action on February 18 to stop them.
These attacks come at a time when employers and governments implement austerity measures, the growth of precarious jobs is rampant and social protests are...
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Remembering John Coombs
Paddy Crumlin ITF President, MUA National Secretary On behalf of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)...
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‘Hands off our right to strike’ demand unions in global campaign
Under the slogan ‘Sometimes you have to say NO!: hands off our right to strike’ the campaign kicked off with an international action day on 18 February and will...
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ILO moves on shore leave for seafarers
The recommendations, which now go through the ILO for discussion before implementation, would bring seafarers’ identity documents in line with e-passports. This...
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ITF welcomes hard-fought deal for ILWU workers on US West Coast
Negotiations had been underway since June last year in what had become an increasingly bitter dispute. The PMA earlier this week ratcheted up their side of the...