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ITF comment on Libya
Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 10:16 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
Commenting on the situation in Libya, ITF general secretary David Cockroft said: “It appears that Colonel Gaddafi’s going is now a matter of when rather than if. The only question is whether he and his associates will continue to unleash more ... More >>
Egyptian strike ban ‘unthinkable and unworkable’
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 9:33 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
Commenting on news that the Egyptian military might attempt to ban strikes or trade union meetings that might lead to them, ITF general secretary David Cockcroft said: More >>
Osanloo hospitalised
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 9:30 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
Mansour Osanloo, the Iranian trade union leader unjustly imprisoned for the last four years, has been taken to an outside hospital after suffering chest pains this weekend that could be caused by a heart attack. More >>
Creative Trades announces closure
Friday, 11 February 2011, 9:41 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
The Chair of the Creative Trade Industry Training Organisation (CTITO) has today confirmed that the organisation has ceased operating. ³In recent months the number of trainees in work has been dropping steadily, which means we have been arranging ... More >>
ITF comment on worsening Egyptian situation
Friday, 4 February 2011, 11:29 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
ITF general secretary David Cockroft stated today: “We are shocked at the violence meted out to innocent civilians exercising the democratic right to demonstrate. People have been bloodied, beaten and killed in the full view of a watching and horrified ... More >>
Shipping industry outraged at execution of seafarers
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 11:03 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and the International Transport Workers’ Federation are outraged that Somali pirates have executed, apparently in cold blood, a seafarer on the merchant ship Beluga Nomination which had been attacked ... More >>
ITF Statement on Egyptian situation
Tuesday, 1 February 2011, 10:44 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
ITF general secretary David Cockroft commented: 'Like everybody else we are watching the situation closely and with concern, helped by our members in Egypt and our inspector there. Free trade unions are needed now more than ever in Egypt and we are offering ... More >>
Moscow bombing ITF statement
Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 1:10 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
Commenting on yesterday’s bomb attack, ITF general secretary David Cockroft said: “It is with deep pain, sorrow and indignation that we have heard the news of yet another terrorist attack – a suicide bombing at Domodedovo Airport, where dozens ... More >>
Trade Unionists Call For Justice In El Salvador
Wednesday, 12 January 2011, 4:31 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
Only days before the 19th anniversary of the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Accords, a powerful group of international trade union leaders has publicly called upon El Salvador’s authorities to resolve outstanding cases of murders by death squads, ... More >>
ITF concern over Arctic vessel abandonment
Monday, 13 December 2010, 9:38 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
The ITF is expressing deep concern over the abandonment of the Lyubov Orlova in St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. Eight crew remain on board after the ship was arrested in October by the ITF, with an outstanding wage claim of more than $300,000 (now ... More >>
Turkish crew of Most Sky ship detained in Birkenhead
Friday, 26 November 2010, 10:57 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
The ITF, which helped crew members of the ship Most Sky (detained in Birkenhead as unfit to go to sea) to secure their owed wages and tickets home reports that the crew were today arrested on arrival at Istanbul airport at around 17:00 local time. More >>
Fair ferries campaign launches tomorrow
Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 12:44 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
Ten years after the Scandinavian Star and Estonia disasters, trade unions from across Europe will launch a campaign for fair and safe ferries for all at a specially convened conference in Kingston upon Hull, England, tomorrow, that will then feed into a fair ... More >>
Three day seafarers’ expo kicks off in Manila
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 10:32 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
A three day ‘ITF Expo’ begins tomorrow next to Manila’s Luneta Seafarers’ Center, heart of the Philippines seafaring community. From Wednesday to Friday 23 to 25 June 2010 the ITF and its Filipino maritime unions will invite seafarers to ... More >>
Crew concerns include pay and pirates
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 5:32 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) New Zealand inspector Grahame McLaren says the case of 10 Sri Lankan crew members aboard the MV Charelle docked at the Ports of Auckland are an example of the hardships experienced by seafarers around ... More >>
Dublin Port Talks: ‘Settlement within Reach
Thursday, 18 February 2010, 10:00 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
MTL, SIPTU and the ITF today confirmed that talks to resolve the Dublin port dispute are continuing and the three parties are hopeful of a successful resolution. More >>
ITF’s invitation: ‘Let’s solve aviation crisis '
Saturday, 30 January 2010, 11:27 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
Global union the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today issued an urgent invitation to everyone involved in civil aviation to join together to find answers to the crisis in the industry and build a sustainable future for it. The ... More >>
Champions of safe clean transport at Copenhagen
Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 12:01 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
Global union federation the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) will champion the cause of safe, clean public transport at a special seminar for delegates at the Copenhagen climate change talks tomorrow. More >>
Pirate-infested seas ‘not fit for seafarers’
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 1:40 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
The ITF today threw down the gauntlet to those flag states and shipowners who have not taken action to fight Somali piracy to act now, before the threat makes it virtually impossible for seafarers to pass through the ever-widening danger area. More >>
‘Act Now’ On Indian Violence
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 12:59 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
Global union federation the ITF has put shipping and port giant Møller-Maersk on notice that it has to get rid of one of its contractors which has allegedly repeatedly attacked port drivers in Mumbai, India. Despite intense negotiations between the ... More >>
ITF Intervention Secures Pay And Tickets for Crews
Monday, 7 September 2009, 3:44 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
Assistance by ITF inspectors and affiliated unions in Chile and New Zealand is paying off this week as crew members on two Eastwind vessels receive their pay and tickets home. Meanwhile the Federation continues to work with the bankrupt company’s trustees ... More >>
