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A multinational week of action by the ITF and maritime unions in ports around the Black Sea has brought results and challenged conditions for seafarers working on what the ITF has called the ‘sea of shame’.

The ITF has reported a Taiwanese and an Indonesian crewing agent to Interpol for suspected human trafficking after 74 Indonesian fishers working on board seven Taiwanese vessels were abandoned in September in Cape Town, South Africa.

Nigerian workers came together in Lagos last week, to learn how to strengthen their position as vital members of the global supply chain.

Seafarers working on ships owned by members of the International Bargaining Forum’s (IBF) Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) will receive a 6.5 percent pay increase over the next three years, it was announced today.

Petrol tanker drivers in New Zealand celebrated last week, as a month-long dispute ended in a worker victory.

Dismissed rail union branch leaders in Thailand returned to work last week in a workers’ victory.

The ITF has today called for renewed efforts to end violence against women, following an attack on a female bus worker in India.

Eleven seafarers held hostage by Somali pirates for over three and a half years have finally been released, with the prospect of seeing their families once more after a terrible ordeal.

ITF dockers’ section secretary Sharon James and ITF Asia/Pacific assistant regional secretary Sangam Tripathy attended the meeting of Transport and Dockworkers’ Union (TDWU) of Kandla members.

ITF acting general secretary Steve Cotton today personally thanked Algerian trade unionists for their support for the ITF’s Gaza appeal, its work in Palestine and trade union initiatives in the Arab World region.