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As the global cruise industry and seafarers’ unions near completion of the repatriation of almost 250,000 seafarers, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) warns that there are challenging times ahead for the industry and its workforce. The ITF and its affiliated unions represent much

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Maritime Union of Australia say government failures to support crew change will now cost a smelter operation millions of dollars and even more to the local economy, as the unions help the exhausted Burmese crew of the Unison Jasper to

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) commends the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) of Australia on achieving enhanced health and safety and financial protections for DoorDash delivery workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The joint agreement between the TWU and DoorDash provides

Latikuti Satyanarayan President Transport & Dockworkers' Union, Kandla F-3, Adinath Arcade 1, Plot No. 583, Ward 12-C Gandhidham, Gujurat State India 370 201 Via email 22 July 2020 Dear Brother Latikuti, It was with great sadness and shock that we were informed our Brother Manohar Bellani, General

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) estimates that there are now approximately 300,000 seafarers trapped working aboard ships due to the crew change crisis caused by government Covid-19 border and travel restrictions, and an equal number of unemployed seafarers waiting to join them

ITF Statement on Crew Change Crisis – 16 July 2020 Today marks one month since the ITF told the world’s governments that ‘Enough is Enough’ and that the global union federation and our affiliates would be assisting the world’s seafarers in enforcing their right to stop working, get off and be

​ Philippines crew from tanker Giancarlo D return home For the crew of chemical tanker Giancarlo D, Luz Baz and the ITF are a godsend. Luz is the I TF Coordinator for Spain, and she has been working with ship management in recent weeks to get five Philippines-based crew of the Giancarlo D

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) says the Australian federal government has been asleep at the wheel of the crew change crisis – risking trade, Australia’s economy and seafarers’ lives. “On Thursday, when the UK was hosting a virtual

By Anna Birch-Schmidt for 3F Fagbladet. Reposted with permission. A shipowner in Thyboøren, Denmark has been charged with human trafficking and violation of the Danish Aliens Act after exploiting two Ghanaian sailors and subjecting them to labour under slave-like conditions. For more than three

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has called on the world’s governments to act swiftly to give seafarers visa, border and quarantine exemptions in order to make crew changes possible and resolve the present crisis. ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton represented the global