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Over 290 Kenyan seafarers, including 16 leaders of the Seafarers Union of Kenya (SUK), participated in a five-day seminar to discuss how to strengthen the union to support its newly-formed leadership and defend workers’ rights.

Antonio Fritz, who was arrested this morning in the Dominican Republic during a fact finding mission to investigate air traffic control problems there, has now been released.

The ITF’s (International Transport Workers’ Federation’s) Americas regional secretary, Antonio Fritz, has been arrested while on a fact-finding mission to the Dominican Republic.

Global union federation the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today warned that air traffic control in the Dominican Republic is approaching crisis point.

ITF unions around the world are showing their support for the campaign to unionise 21,000 flight attendants at US airline Delta.

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.