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news 25 Jun 2020

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 from the passenger vessel Astoria . They began a hunger strike demanding the wages owed to them and repatriation home in mid-June, after

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news 25 Jun 2020

ITF Statement on ‘Day of the Seafarer’ 2020

Today is the ‘Day of the Seafarer’ a day when we should celebrate seafarers, but this year, as world’s seafarers are let down by governments there is little to celebrate This year the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), whose member unions represent 1.4 million of the world’s

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Publication 24 Jun 2020

Pandemic of Exploitation in European Trucking

Pandemic of exploitation in European trucking, is a joint VNB-ITF-IUF report highlighting how companies are exploiting Covid-19 to further cut transport prices, pay, conditions and health and safety in European road transport. Long before Covid-19 hit Europe, the road transport industry was already

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news 22 Jun 2020

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 finding solutions to the issue of crew changes. The ITF’s “Enough is enough” campaign is aimed at pushing the various government and

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news 22 Jun 2020

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 forced to endure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking directly to seafarers and fishers, hundreds of thousands of whom have been

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news 19 Jun 2020

North American dockers receive international support in their ongoing fight for racial justice

A week after ILA and ILWU dockers shut down ports on the east and west coasts of the United States in solidarity with George Floyd and countless other victims of police brutality and racial injustice; our international dockers family is standing with our sisters and brothers of the ILWU and ILWU

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news 18 Jun 2020

ITF condemns illegal annexation of Palestinian lands

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) fully reject Israel’s plan to annexe Palestinian lands on July 1, and support International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) statement opposing this illegal annexation. The ITF continues to work closely with the ITUC and join international

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news 18 Jun 2020

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 Cubierta). The Panama Canal Administration (ACP) has begun to cut corners on Covid safety measures previously agreed with the union. The

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news 16 Jun 2020

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 the climate crisis. Our future depends not only on fighting the coronavirus but on us effectively addressing the problem of climate

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news 15 Jun 2020

Enough is enough: World’s seafarers will now exercise right to leave ships amid Covid-19 failures

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and its affiliated seafarers’ unions will now assist hundreds of thousands of seafarers to exercise their right to stop working, leave ships, and return home. The new approach, which could be highly disruptive to global trade, comes after

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Their story: the hunger striking seafarers at Tilbury trying to get home

ITF Statement on ‘Day of the Seafarer’ 2020

Pandemic of Exploitation in European Trucking

Crew Change Crisis: ITF and JNG Joint Statement

World’s seafarers welcome Pope Francis’ support at critical time in crew change crisis

North American dockers receive international support in their ongoing fight for racial justice

ITF condemns illegal annexation of Palestinian lands

Lifting Covid-19 measures early could harm Panama canal workers

ITF statement on Covid-19 and sustainable transport

Enough is enough: World’s seafarers will now exercise right to leave ships amid Covid-19 failures

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