Skip to main content

ITF coordinator swims Channel

أخبار

The money generated by the 13 hour and 19 minute swim across the world’s busiest shipping lanes goes to not-for-profit Hunterlink Recovery Services, which offers help to all seafarers in Australian ports and waters.

Fourth-generation seafarer Dean Summers dedicated his achievement to seafarers everywhere. He stated: “It’s this strong emotional link to the seafaring fraternity  that drives me in my career and my personal life. Its a very natural fit to dedicate the efforts of the Channel swim towards the world’s 1.3 million seafarers, many of whom will traverse the Channel at some point in their lives. Theirs is a tough, lonely and thankless job and they deserve more from a world that relies completely on their work.”

Speaking after being met on landfall by ITF Belgium coordinator Christian Roos, he said: “Throughout my swim, I passed many flags of convenience ships and thought about the plight of those men and women working on them. I hope my efforts today have made people think about those workers and how difficult their jobs are.

 “On a personal note, I was surprised but delighted to see my brother  Christian Roos waiting for me on the French shores to greet me with beers and a warm, comradely hug — a wonderful gesture to finish off a very long day.”

There’s still time to donate to Hunterlink’s work. Visit https://give.everydayhero.com/au/dean-cs. A dedicated website for the swim is at http://www.channelswim4seafarers.com

على أرض الواقع

أخبار

في عيد العمال لهذا العام، يتّحد عمال النقل لبناء عالم أفضل

يُشارك الاتحاد الدولي لعمال النقل ( ITF ) جموع العمال حول العالم الاحتفال بعيد العمال في شهر مايو - وهو يومٌ لتجسيد التضامن والنضال والالتزام ببناء عالم أفضل للجميع. مع تزايد التحديات التي تواجه
أخبار

سائقو التوصيل وسائقو الشاحنات الكوريون يضغطون لنيل حقوقهم على الصعيدين الوطني والدولي

نظّم سائقو الشاحنات وسائقو توصيل الطعام الكوريون مظاهرة في سيول اليوم، مطالبين بوضع معايير عادلة للأجور، واتفاقية من منظمة العمل الدولية لحماية حقوق عمال المنصات.