All content tagged with: "crew change crisis"
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16 May 2022
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Seafarers win commitment to mandatory internet access in international law
Seafarers’ groups have won the right to mandatory social connectivity for crews –including internet access – in updates to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006...
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30 Jan 2022
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Svitzer termination bid could risk Australian supply chains, harm Maersk reputation
An application by A.P. Møller–Mærsk’s towage subsidiary, Svitzer, to terminate its collective agreement with its entire Australian workforce could further...
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13 Dec 2021
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WHO and ILO form Action Group with global transport bodies to protect workers’ rights and ease supply chain congestion
World Health Organization and International Labour Organization agree to form an Action Group to ensure implementation of COVID-19 protocols for transport...
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29 Sep 2021
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Global Transport Chiefs urge UN to end humanitarian crisis for supply chain workers
Global road, air and sea organisations and unions have today called on the world’s heads of government gathering at this week’s UN General Assembly to end a...
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09 Sep 2021
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The International Bargaining Forum concludes negotiations, recognising seafarers’ Covid sacrifice
The ITF and JNG met from 1-3 September 2021 for important negotiations on wage increase and other cost elements. Due to the pandemic, the social partnership had...
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02 Sep 2021
Queensland: Australian-first COVID vaccinations for international seafarers
Queensland will become the first Australian jurisdiction to administer COVID vaccines to all international seafarers arriving in local ports, with a trial program...
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22 Jul 2021
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Maritime courts must put crew welfare first in abandonment cases
Seafarers trapped on the MV Angelic Power (IMO 9250189) since July last year have now been repatriated, following a lengthy battle in the Chinese courts. ITF...
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07 Jul 2021
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Seafarers’ unions welcome Ever Given release
Seafarers’ unions today welcomed the release of the MV Ever Given (IMO: 9811000) from detention in the Suez Canal by Egyptian authorities, but warned that more...
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16 Jun 2021
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ITF wins freedom for hunger-striking seafarers after two years trapped on the ULA
Nineteen seafarers from India, Bangladesh, Turkey and Azerbaijan will be able to see their families again this week after the ITF’s advocacy brought their...
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24 May 2021
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Oxygen concentrators sent to India to save seafarers’ lives
Hundreds of lives will be saved thanks to two new emergency projects being funded by the ITF Seafarers’ Trust and delivered through two Indian-based seafarers’...