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02 Aug 2023
Government of Mauritius must intervene with national airline over sacking of union leader
The Government of Mauritius must insist that its national airline reinstates Yogita Baboo, President of the Air Mauritius Cabin Crew Association (AMCCA), who was unfairly disciplined and fired, the
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12 Jul 2023
Canada: ITF Dockers delegation delivers solidarity message
The ITF Dockers’ Section are in Vancouver, Canada showing solidarity to the sisters and brothers of ILWU Canada . The delegation is visiting workers at picket lines and has included ITF Dockers'
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13 Jun 2023
Dishonouring of EU Fisheries Agreements by French & Spanish companies fuelling strike actions on tuna vessels across Africa
Frustration on the part of fishers from Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire working on Spanish- and French-owned tuna vessels fishing in the Gulf of Guinea and Indian Ocean under EU Sustainable Fisheries
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Press Release
05 May 2023
African leaders urged to harness seafarer green skills momentum
To take advantage of the social and economic benefits of shipping’s green transition, African maritime leaders are being encouraged to implement infrastructure to train and upskill seafarers. Mombasa
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28 Apr 2023
Organising for safer workplaces this International Workers’ Memorial Day
Unions remember workers lost to negligent employers and safety standards Today, the 28th of April, marks International Workers’ Memorial Day, when trade unions around the world remember and mourn the
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Press Release
23 Mar 2023
Governments obliged to learn pandemic supply chain lessons – maritime report
Governments should learn lessons from the pandemic and its aftermath to secure reliable maritime supply chains for their citizens and the climate, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)
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09 Mar 2023
Eswatini: end the repression against SWATCAWU and all Eswatini workers
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) notes with deep concern the latest acts of repression against trade union and democratic forces in Eswatini, where the government of King Mswati
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01 Mar 2023
Sanitation rights: Mabu’s story
“My supervisor said you need to carry a plastic container and then use paper. I thought it was a joke until I found no toilets inside the train.” Mabu Molele, from Johannesburg, has worked in the
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15 Feb 2023
Africa could be green jobs leader as shipping undergoes low carbon revolution
Joint Press Release from UNGC, ICS, ITF Experts from the Maritime Just Transition Task Force told Africa’s maritime leaders in Accra today that their continent was well placed to take a large share of
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Press Release
06 Feb 2023
Seafarers seize ship over owed wages and owner neglect, as Senegal shirks obligations to crew
Four seafarers, with assistance from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), have seized a cargo ship off the port of Dakar in Senegal after months without pay and mounting danger to
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Press Release
11 Dec 2022
‘Diverse in our work, united for change’ - inland navigation unions hold successful conference in Amsterdam
Unions representing more than 180,000 tug, towage, river cruise, other inland waterways and ferry workers globally met in Amsterdam this week for the Inland Navigation Section Conference of the
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23 Nov 2022
Free the Nigeria 26 — the seafarers who have been unfairly criminalised
Twenty-six seafarers who are held in Nigeria on charges of oil theft should be freed now, following confirmation from BP that their ship’s load was authorised, the International Transport Workers’
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Seafarers win collective bargaining breakthrough in Iran
An ITF-affiliated seafarers’ union based in Iran has achieved a major organising victory. The Iranian Merchant Mariners Syndicate (IMMS) has won a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for
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Rights 4 Riders
Just days after riders announced a global network established by the ITF, #Rights4Riders , to protest the company’s business model, Deliveroo is facing setbacks to its IPO listing on the London Stock
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The Shwe Tun Aung Story
The story of an ordinary Burmese seafarer facing oppression at sea - Burmese Cowboy is the tale of Shwe Tun Aung and his journey around the world, opposing corrupt ship owners and a dangerous
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Sanitation rights: Mabu’s story
My supervisor said you need to carry a plastic container and then use paper. I thought it was a joke until I found no toilets inside the train. Mabu Molele, from Johannesburg, has worked in the