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The ITF and its maritime affiliates will be supporting this year's ‘Day of the Seafarer' on 25 June. Under the theme of ‘Faces of the Sea’, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) day aims to spotlight the human face of shipping and the sacrifices that seafarers make to provide the vital

Trade unions in some 100 countries are planning rallies, protests, educational activities and other events to commemorate Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April. Workers’ Memorial Day will be commemorated in Burma for the first time after 50 years of suppression of freedom of association, following the

Dockers in the Georgian port of Batumi have agreed a number of improved conditions for workers after management came to the table for good faith negotiations following union strike action. ITF affiliate, the Georgian Seafarers’ Union, has been supporting industrial action by port workers after a

As part of the ITF/SASK road transport corridors project for 2013-2015, the ITF sub-regional office for Francophone Africa and the ECOWAS countries and its road transport affiliates in Burkina Faso held a three-day workshop on their strategic campaign for the implementation of a sectoral collective

ITF affiliate Turkish Civil Aviation Unions (Hava-İş) has announced strike action in May at every company owned by Turkish Airlines (THY), following the alleged refusal by the company to enter dialogue about the reinstatement of 305 workers sacked when they protested against a proposed strike ban

ITF Australia coordinator Dean Summers has warned of potential environmental damage in Melbourne, Australia due to an unsafe vessel inspected in the port. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority found that the Greek-operated, Indonesian-owned Sat Nunki was too unclean to carry grain, as its hatches

The first major international study of health and safety in global network terminal (GNT) ports is published today. Commissioned by the ITF and conducted by Cardiff University in cooperation with three major terminal operators, PSA International, APM Terminals and one other, the 94-page report –

Some flag states are failing to submit the required reports on maritime casualties, said shipowners and maritime unions in a joint submission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the ITF hope that governments will consider this important

The ITF has written to the Moroccan government to condemn anti-union practices at City Bus in Fes and urge government intervention, on behalf of its affiliate the Union des Syndicats UMT des Transports (UMT). UMT reported that since City Bus was contracted to manage urban transport in Fes in

The ITF has spoken out in support of dockworkers in Norway who have begun a boycott at Risavika terminal today (Friday1 November 2013). The action is over the reported refusal of management to sign up to the national Norwegian agreement covering dockworkers. Instead employer Risavika Terminal AS, is