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The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has again questioned the behaviour of Alcoa as apparent non-payment of wages on one of the vessels it uses has been detected just a day after the MV Portland was spirited away from its Australian port (see http://goo.gl/CCXqWg)

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today strongly condemned the raid early this morning (Wednesday) on the MV Portland in the Australian home port for which it is named. Up to 30 security guards were reportedly used to eject the five Australian crew members from the vessel and usher on a non-national crew, which then set sail for Singapore.

31 July 1923 to 12 January 2016 The ITF is saddened by the death of Democrito T. Mendoza, one of the Philippines’ leading trade unionists. Democrito Mendoza was one of the founders of the Associated Labor Unions (ALU) in 1954 and its national president, before becoming chair in 2012. He was one of

Hundreds of dockers in the Port of Rottterdam were out on strike for 24 hours this week in a bid to protect jobs.

The ITF welcomes Israel’s decision to file murder charges over an arson attack which killed an 18 month old Palestinian boy and his parents back in July 2015.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and ETF (European Transport Workers’ Federation) are supporting their affiliated Dutch dockers’ union FNV Havens as industrial action begins this afternoon (Thursday 7 January) at the Port of Rotterdam.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and its affiliated unions are keeping a close eye on the MV Portland dispute in south-eastern Australia, with key international unions now backing the local campaign to protect jobs.

Members of the media are invited to attend a press conference tomorrow, Thursday 7 January at FNV Havens headquarters, Pegasusweg 200, 3067 KX Rotterdam where an official announcement will be made about industrial action planned at the Port of Rotterdam.

We would like to wish transport workers all over the world a very happy New Year. We hope you have had a peaceful festive season and the break has been a chance for members, staff and officers to regroup, to renew commitments and to gather collective strength for the challenges that lie ahead in 2016.

It is with great sadness that the ITF has learned of the death on 22nd December of Eike Eulen, former ITF president. Eulen died in Wedel, Germany, after a long illness. Born in Berlin in 1936, Eulen soon found his way to the sea. He worked as a deck boy and then as an Able Seaman working up to first