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As Malta becomes the 34th ILO member state to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006, the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today gave its cautious approval to the progress made across the shipping world to prepare for the convention’s all important coming into force this

ITF and its Mexican affiliates are demanding the truth about the catastrophic explosion on 31 January at the Mexico City headquarters of Mexican state oil giant Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), which to date has killed 37 people and injured over 125. In a joint statement on 4 February, the ITF and

The ITF is launching a new generation of free apps, including one to help seafarers and charterers support and build on the fair employment provisions of MLC2006. A second app helps seafarers find a trade union and their nearest ITF inspector, while the organisation’s charity arm, the ITF Seafarers’

ITF inspectors, along with dockers’ and seafarers’ union members will begin the first East Asian maritime action week of 2013 on Monday across ports in Japan, Korea, Russia and Taiwan. The action week will run from 28 January to 1 February.Joint inspection teams will check and enforce decent pay and

The ITF is keeping the vessel Long Beach under observation after it reportedly loaded at the Mitsui-UGC terminal at the port of Vancouver, Washington State, USA, where unionised dock workers are currently locked out. The ITF is keeping the port under close watch. Following the Long Beach incident it

Twenty-nine international delegates and a representative each from the National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) and the Maritime Union of India (MUI) participated in the ITF Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meeting from 29-31 January, which was held in Mumbai, India for the first time. The meeting

ITF president and chair of the ITF dockers’ section Paddy Crumlin attended a solidarity meeting with striking dockworkers at the Port of Hong Kong this afternoon. Addressing members of the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD), Mr Crumlin said that systematic welfare abuses together with the woefully

Deputy ver.di chair Andrea Kocsis told a demonstration in support of workers sacked by DHL Turkey that the company had to enter dialogue with the workers and recognise their union, Tumtis. Twelve ver.di representatives visited Istanbul from 3-5 February to show solidarity with the workers. DHL

German workers whose jobs are under threat after a takeover by Vodafone will be demonstrating outside the company’s offices and flagship store in London on Monday 11 March.The demonstrations will be held from 10:00 to 11:30 outside the company’s global HQ in Paddington (the protest will be at the

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and its fellow global unions, along with the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) have united to condemn the latest undemocratic and anti-union tactic by Fiji’s illegal military government. The global union federations and ITUC have