All content tagged with: "seafarers"
Seafarers, fishers to benefit from new medical guide onboard thanks to shipowners and unions
“Crew are often hundreds of miles from shore when illness, accident or injury takes place onboard – leaving them without internet and dangerously far from the...
'Med stort overskud følger stort ansvar': Internationale fagforeninger griller Mærsk i kølvandet på dødsfald og krænkelser af rettigheder
28. marts 2023, København Fagforeninger, der repræsenterer ansatte i Mærsk, verdens største børsnoterede rederi, er i København i dag for at bringe klare...
‘With great profit comes great responsibility’: Unions grill Maersk over labour violations at Copenhagen AGM
28 March 2023, Copenhagen Trade unions representing employees of the world’s largest listed shipping company are in Copenhagen today to take their labour message...
Workers pay more in tax than Maersk - research
23 March 2023, London / Copenhagen It’s likely that A.P. Moller – Maersk’s employees around the world pay a far higher rate of tax than the shipping...
ITF delivers justice for Yangtze Fortune crew abandoned off Australian coast – seafarers repaid missing wages and repatriated home
Seafarers stranded aboard a livestock carrier vessel abandoned off the Australian coast have finally been repaid their missing wages and repatriated home with the...
One year on: inaction over illegal P&O Ferries sackings shows UK workers’ rights in freefall
16 March 2023, London / Brussels A year after P&O Ferries illegally fired 786 UK seafarers, European and global unions are calling for the country’s latest...
ILWU, ITF, help to secure wages, safety of Burmese seafarers in Port of Tacoma, WA
Tacoma, WA—The actions of the Puget Sound Inspector from the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) with support from members of the International...
Africa could be green jobs leader as shipping undergoes low carbon revolution
Joint Press Release from UNGC, ICS, ITF Experts from the Maritime Just Transition Task Force told Africa’s maritime leaders in Accra today that their...
Shipping industry, unions welcome action from President Marcos Jr on key seafarer issues
JOINT ITF-ICS-IMEC MEDIA RELEASE Yesterday, global leaders from organisations representing seafarers, shipowners and other maritime employers, met with His...
Bangladesh: global solidarity shines spotlight on 200,000 striking waterway workers
Over 200,000 river boat workers, the beating heart of Bangladesh’s critical inland waterways, have vowed to continue their campaign of industrial action until all...