Updates from around the globe on the ITF’s work to build a fairer, safer and more just world for seafarers. Our news section covers issues affecting all seafarers, wherever they may be, and what we’re doing to improve seafarers’ lives and jobs, now and in the future.
Following years of international campaigning against kafala – a form of indentured labour that in practice has equated to often slavelike treatment of workers – the Qatari government has now gone o
Your elected representatives from across the ITF’s regions, sections and departments met in Amsterdam to endorse the direction of the organisation in the run up to congress 2018 and hear the latest
The meeting, organised by the UN's human rights office on 25 October, is working on the elements of
Topics on the agenda included cabotage, abandonment, the fair treatment of seafarers facing criminal charges or investigation, and amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006.
It tells the story of how Shwe left Burma as a seafarer, but saw his life completely change as he took on a corrupt ship owner and was blacklisted for his activism.
FTA and ITF officials met this week to discuss the increasing number of abandonment cases faced by the UAE and the Gulf State's desire to bring an end to the problem.
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In July 2016 the logistics giant first agreed to commit to continued dialogue, with the parties meeting four times a year to settle issues in a mutually acceptable manner to avoid future problems.
On 21 September 2017, the three parties met with the German NCP and the protocol was formally extended until December 2019, when it will be reviewed again.
ITF seafarers’ section chair David Heindel commented: “Oh, the irony.
The meeting in Kiev on 21 September was part of a wider ITF project to grow union membership in the CIS region and to support the region to play a bigger role in the federation’s work.
ITF general secretary Steve Cotton is among representatives from international organisations addressing the five-yearly event in Maryland, USA which welcomes guests from across the maritime industr
