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A Philippines-based recruitment agency that unlawfully charged seafarers placement fees has had its licence suspended after the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) highlighted its illegal practices. Global Marine and Offshore Resources Inc, based in Manila, was last week red listed on

In a landmark vote, the United Nations General Assembly has recognised a new human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment . This decision, taken at an especially bleak moment in history , is a ray of sunlight for workers everywhere. The resolution – backed overwhelmingly by 16 1

We are young transport workers and platform workers from six countries coming together in Sheffield for ITF summer school 2022, which is the site of the longest strike in the history of platform workers. We want to express our solidarity with our comrades from countries in the global south who could

Siamo i giovani lavoratori dei trasporti e i lavoratori delle piattaforme di 6 Paesi che si incontrano per la summer school dell’ITF 2022 a Sheffield, luogo in cui è avvenuto lo sciopero dei lavoratori delle piattaforme più lungo della storia. Vogliamo esprimere la nostra solidarietà nei confronti

Sharan Burrow general secretary of the ITUC and Paddy Crumlin, president of the International Transport Workers’ Federation outline the recently released baseline expectations for asset managers on fundamental labour rights and why pension funds should be holding their managers to account. Despite

Investors need to be aware of what fund managers are doing with their money and ensure it isn’t funding violations of workers’ human rights, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) said today. The announcement follows the publication by the Global Unions’ Committee on Workers’ Capital

Unions have secured an important victory in the campaign for seafarers’ safety this week as a Dutch court has ruled that ship managers, ship owners and charterers must honour a clause that prevents seafarers from being assigned dangerous lashing work where professional dock workers are available. In

Maritime unions are mobilising support for German ITF affiliate ver.di as the union battles port companies for an inflation-proof pay deal covering 12,000 dock workers. Union leaders gathered in London this week expressed their solidarity with Germany’s dockers following recent strike action. ver.di