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15 Apr 2024
Data analytics in action: how ITF Inspectorate data holds companies responsible for protecting rights in maritime supply chains
Comment article by Seth Payer, Head of Data and Research at the International Transport Workers' Federation The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has a unique and powerful influence on the wages and conditions of seafarers working on Flag of Convenience ships, through negotiating ITF
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21 Mar 2024
Union initiative announced at World Bank conference adding labour impact assessments to transport planning
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Global Labour Institute (GLI) have today announced a new initiative that will see the application of labour impact assessments in transport planning around the world.
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19 Mar 2024
Workers’ rights to receive major boost from EU supply chain Directive
Transport union federations ETF and ITF welcome Friday’s bittersweet breakthrough on due diligence Directive The vote by EU states in favour of the bloc’s supply chain accountability Directive will dramatically improve the lives of millions of workers in the supply chains of businesses operating in
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18 Mar 2024
Seafarers’ lives matter
The International Bargaining Forum’s (IBF) Warlike Operations Area Committee (WOAC) has unanimously agreed to designate the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden ‘Warlike’ to emphasise the seriousness of the situation. This decision taken at a meeting on 12 March 2024 follows the Houthi attack on M/V True
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18 Mar 2024
Mandatory Seafarers' Charter would help prevent another P&O Ferries jobs massacre
Two years ago, trade unionists across the globe reacted in outrage as P&O Ferries illegally sacked 786 UK seafarers, a move that UK unions RMT and Nautilus labelled a ‘national scandal’. These workers have yet to receive the justice they deserve, and the threat of another P&O Ferries-style jobs
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15 Mar 2024
ITF and Mexican transport authority strengthen collaboration for the development of transport industry
The Secretary of Infrastructure, Communication and Transport (SICT) and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) are pleased to announce the formalisation of a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing cooperation to promote the development of transport
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14 Mar 2024
Charging seafarers for accommodation undermines international law
Underhand business practices targeting seafarers will advance low-cost UK employment model Businesses charging seafarers for accommodation on board the ships they work on undermines international law and could trigger a race to the bottom on workers’ pay, International Transport Workers’ Federation
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14 Mar 2024
Strikes in Finland close ports
On 11 March trade unions in Finland began a wave of strike action which has closed all cargo handling in Finnish ports and halted freight traffic on railways. The strike is currently intended to continue for two weeks. The strikes are in protest at the most serious attack on workers' rights and
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13 Mar 2024
ITF message to Maersk: trade unions must have a seat at the table
ITF tells world’s largest shipping company AGM to protect workers and their jobs, create decent work for future Trade unions must be consulted in the process of shipping company Maersk’s expansion into shoreside logistics, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) will tell Maersk
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