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Crew of Global Cruise Vessels to return home from UK
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has been assisting hundreds of seafarers aboard the six Global Cruise Lines’ vessels currently in Tilbury...
ITF working to get Ukrainian seafarers’ wages back, repatriation from São Sebastião, Brazil
There’s 11,086 kilometres between São Sebastião, Brazil and the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. It’s those eleven thousand kilometres ITF Inspector Renialdo de...
Explosive investigation exposes ‘pandemic of exploitation’ in European trucking
Road transport companies are exploiting Covid-19 to further exploit truck drivers, cut transport prices, pay, conditions and health and safety across Europe, an...
Their story: the hunger striking seafarers at Tilbury trying to get home
Four months without pay and 48 hours without food, 47 seafarers off the coast of the UK are desperate to get home to their families. The mainly Indian crew are...
Crew Change Crisis: ITF and JNG Joint Statement
The ITF and the Joint Negotiating Group, along with the International Chamber of Shipping have worked tirelessly since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic on...
World’s seafarers welcome Pope Francis’ support at critical time in crew change crisis
On Wednesday, Pope Francis released a video statement in which he paid tribute to seafarers and fishers, and acknowledged the difficult challenges they have been...
Lifting Covid-19 measures early could harm Panama canal workers
The world’s busiest canal and the lives of the thousands of workers who keep it running are at risk, says ITF affiliate UCOC (Unión de Capitanes y Oficiales de...
ITF statement on Covid-19 and sustainable transport
The Covid-19 pandemic presents huge challenges for all societies. As the world deals with the pandemic, the temptation for some governments is to delay addressing...