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Crossroads for the OECD
The imminent choice of the next Secretary General of the OECD will be a marker for a more inclusive economic future or for greater inequality, anger and despair for...

Fiji government must step in over ferries scam, rights violations
Seafarers have been made homeless and left stranded thousands of kilometres from their loved ones after a major Fijian ferry company scammed and underpaid them, and...

ITF family secures tanker crew release in Iran
More than a dozen seafarers from South Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia are now making their way home after the International Transport Workers’ Federation...

After UK Supreme Court defeat, Uber should abandon its predatory business model globally
Following this morning’s UK Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are workers, not self-employed contractors, global union federation representing 20 million...

Deliveroo riders win employment status case in Dutch court
In another ruling against the misclassification of food delivery riders’ employment status, the verdict from the Amsterdam Court of Appeal has confirmed that...

Gig economy companies, legislators must level the playing field for gig workers
Regulation for workers’ rights being considered in the European Union and by courts in the United Kingdom have the potential to level the playing field for...

FEATURE: Abandoned Palmali crew are caught in an inhumane trap that Turkey can release
The humanitarian effort to feed, repatriate and fight for the seafarers’ outstanding wages has been spearheaded by the International Transport Workers’...

FedEx – Time to deliver for your workers!
FedEx-TNT workers have been left reeling in shock after the multi-billion dollar company announced in January plans to fire 6,000 of its European workforce who have...