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Update: Amin Shipping trick Onda crew in attempted wage coverup
Since the ITF brought you the story of the crew of the MV Onda, it seems Mohamed Amin has plunged to new depths in his exploitation of the seafarers. The ITF has...

The success of Dakar’s BRT system depends on the inclusion of informal workers
Professor Papa Sakho, Laboratory of Human Geography, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar When Covid-19 restrictions were introduced last year, public transport...

Include informal workers in development of Dakar BRT system or up to 10,000 jobs could be at risk, ITF report urges
Up to 10,000 jobs in Dakar’s informal sector could be at risk unless more is done to include informal workers in the city’s upcoming Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)...

Wage theft, forgery and crew abuse on the MV Onda - Amin Shipping at it again
Luis Alberto Veloso is one of four abandoned seafarers on board the Togo-flagged MV Onda who has gone one year without pay. The ship and its crew are abandoned in...

Seafarer killed in horrific piracy attack: governments urged to act, or risk more deaths
Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea killed a seafarer and took another 15 seafarers hostage in an attack on Saturday. “Governments must take immediate action to...

Governments must seize on satellite tech in fisheries forced labour fight
Fisheries representatives from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), a global voice for the world’s millions of fishers, say that a new study...

Decent sanitation still eludes many transport workers: ITF forum
On World Toilet Day, 19 November, the ITF held a virtual sanitation forum to discuss issues on sanitation for transport workers in road, rail, urban transport and...

Gendered lens on new technology and Covid-19’s impact on the public transport sector needed: ITF Forum
Covid-19 is exacerbating longstanding issues for women working in the transport industry and a gendered analysis of the pandemic’s impact on the public transport...