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'Anywhere there are transport workers, we'll be there'
Despite the name, the National Union of Seafarers Sri Lanka (NUSS) is not just for seafarers. Since 2018 the NUSS has been organising informal dockworkers and...
Urgent need for global and regional cooperation to fight piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
In the Gulf of Guinea, piracy and armed robbery have been long-standing problems, but in recent years the frequency of attacks is increasing in this region. The...
Vatican, ITF and employers join forces to fight for global justice
Final Statement of the Workshop (Casina Pio IV, 4-5 March 2019) The Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in collaboration with the...
Landmark ruling in favour of Ryanair crew
The ruling marks the latest episode in a legal saga involving the Irish low-cost carrier, which traditionally employed all its pan-European crew on Irish or British...
ITF and JNG respond to potential attacks on two tankers in Gulf of Oman
Two marine tankers, the Marshall Islands-flagged Front Altair and the Panamanian-flagged Kokuka Courageous, were left abandoned and adrift after what appear to be...
Statement on the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining in the seafood industry
Worker voice or welfare committee models are not an incremental step toward recognising workers’ right to organise. These mechanisms, generally established with...
Ending violence and harassment against women in the world of work
The fight to end violence against women transport workers reaches a critical point this week with the world’s governments, employer and worker representatives due...
Abandoned at sea: crew sent home after 13 months marooned off Tunisia
This is the latest instalment in one of most notorious cases of abandonment that the ITF has seen in years, and the third crew onboard the UAE-flagged tanker that...