The ITF has applauded Barcelona football club for considering dropping its lucrative sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways over what club president Josep Maria Bartomeu described as “social issues”.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) are urging Chevron to have an honest conversation with workers, shareholders and consumers on the state of the Gorgon project located off the coast of Western Australia.
Women seafarers are being urged to complete a confidential online survey about their health that aims to improve health information and services available for women who work at sea.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is demanding that Allseas Group SA, the owner of a ship that honours convicted Nazi war criminal Pieter Schelte, immediately change the vessel’s name.
Qatar Airways employs 20,000 workers based in Doha. More than 90% are migrant workers with temporary work visas. The visas are directly linked to their jobs and labour contracts with Qatar Airways. The ITF explains why it is taking action to shame Qatar Airways.
Fioko Patrice, from the ITF-affiliated National Union of Land Transport Sector Employees (SYNESTER) union, was arrested, tried and sentenced to six months in prison in Cameroon on 19 January for the ‘advocation of crime, sedition and terrorist activity’ after distributing leaflets promoting a planned strike.