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Joint ICS - ITF press release Maritime transport is the only sector with a formally recognised global minimum wage, which has existed for seafarers since 1958. The following is the outcome of global minimum wage negotiations. All figures are in US Dollars. The UN International Labour Organization

A new report confirms that migrant workers are facing horrific racial, sexual abuse and human rights violations while working in the UK fishing industry. The ITF says that the UK government must close loopholes in its immigration rules that are allowing this to happen. “This report confirms the

Shipping experts have welcomed a ‘unity ticket’ on Australian jobs and fuel security ahead of the country’s election Saturday. But the ITF and its affiliates warn that rogue lobbyists, Shipping Australia, risk undermining the policy advances on cabotage and have called on its supporters in the

The ITF is proud to mark today’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. We are proud of our LGBTQI members, and proud of the work the ITF and our affiliates around the world do day-in, day-out to fight against bigotry and attacks on our members. But today is also a stark

Migrant fishers are being subjected to systematic labour exploitation because the UK Government refuses to clarify and close loopholes in its immigration rules, a new report from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has said. Fishing boat owners are using the totally unsuitable

Seafarers’ groups have won the right to mandatory social connectivity for crews –including internet access – in updates to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), but are disappointed that shipowners and governments may seek to charge for it. The MLC is an international treaty designed to protect

Statement by the Council of Global Unions (CGU) On 19 April 2022 more than twenty leaders and activists of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) were detained by the State Security Committee. While some of them were released afterwards, at least ten are still in custody

Global Unions Joint Statement The trade union movement in the MENA region and around the world is saddened by the terrible loss of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who worked for Al Jazeera Network for over two decades. She was shot dead by Israeli soldiers while covering their raid on the