All content tagged with: "covid-19"
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13 May 2020
ITF expresses sadness at the death of two more cruise ship workers as seafarers continue to remain stranded abroad
Whilst we await the outcome of the investigation it appears that the young Ukrainian seafarer took her own life in the Port of Rotterdam whilst awaiting...
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11 May 2020
ITF message to seafarers
This is a message for every ITF seafarers affiliate and every one of their members – the seafarers who have professionally and diligently fulfilled their jobs...
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08 May 2020
Seafarers' access to long-term medications
The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the global seafaring community to numerous challenges. Maritime employers and seafarers' unions, along with many other international...
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07 May 2020
Covid-19: Your questions, our answers
The global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is creating unprecedented and unexpected circumstances, it is a dire test not only for the global economy, but also...
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06 May 2020
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Industry and unions set out a 12-step solution for governments to free seafarers from COVID-19 lockdown
Comprehensive ‘roadmap’ developed by a supply chain coalition led by industry and unions in cooperation with UN agencies 12-step plan issued by International...
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30 Apr 2020
#MayDay2020: The system is broken, together we will build a new normal
International Workers’ Day message from ITF president Paddy Crumlin and ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton This year for the first time, we can’t march on...
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28 Apr 2020
#IWMD20: ITF demands urgent protections for transport workers
ITF Management Committee statement on protecting workers during and after the Covid-19 pandemic The battle against Covid-19 will not be won without transport...
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27 Apr 2020
Recognition of COVID-19 as an occupational disease
On the occasion of International Workers Memorial Day 2020[1], the global trade union movement calls upon governments and occupational health and safety bodies...
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27 Apr 2020
Covid-19: Bangladeshi union in massive community response
Supplying protective equipment, offering accommodation, mental health support services – just some of what is being done by the Bangladesh Merchants Marine...
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26 Apr 2020
Respect seafarers' right to emergency medical treatment ashore
The International Labour Organization (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) is clear – a seafarer, while working on board, has the right to adequate health...