Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) are backing a new book on the plight of fishers that is due for publication tomorrow, Thursday 30 July.

A group of trade unionists sponsored by the ETF – the ITF’s European arm – submitted a formal request to the European Commission on 13 July to launch a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) called Fair Transport Europe.

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) report progress being made on the urgent issue of the criminalisation of seafarers. This follows the positive reception from the IMO’s (International Maritime Organization) Legal Committee to a paper co-sponsored by the ITF, the International Federation of Shipmasters' Associations (IFSMA), the Comité Maritime International (CMI) and InterManager.

Members of the ITF’s fair practices committee (FPC) and steering group met this week in Perth, Australia, to boost campaigns by Australian and New Zealand affiliates to demand action over worker and union rights by offshore oil and gas giants Chevron and BP.

A new and comprehensive survey by the ITF has shown the need for continuing work to address HIV/AIDS and wellbeing among seafarers.

A survey released by the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today highlights the need for continuing work on HIV/AIDS and wellbeing among seafarers.

An International Transport Workers Federation delegation to Ambon Island in the Maluku province of Indonesia has today received evidence from 70 Myanmar fishers that may amount to them being victims of human trafficking.

ITF women leaders meeting in London last week pledged to continue building union power, denouncing discrimination, and challenging neo-liberal austerity policies.

Global union federations the IUF and ITF, assisted by Belgian trade unions, yesterday used the Brussels Seafood Expo to spotlight human rights abuses by Philippines’ tuna giant Citra Mina.

ITF international and regional representatives won government commitments to address national transport unions’ concerns during a meeting on 24 March with Burkina Faso’s prime minister and minister for infrastructure and transport.

An ITF delegation has boarded industrial fishing vessels landing their catch in Songkhla port, Southern Thailand this week, as part of an investigation into labour rights abuses.

Sharing of campaign ideas, the importance of tactics and having a strong strategy, new ways to organise youth committees, how to organise apathetic workers – just some of the things previous ITF summer school participants have taken away from the event.