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It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Pavel Krenk, a revered leader in the global trade union community and long-serving chairman of the Czech Trade Union of Seafarers, who left us on 24 June 2024 at the age of 64. His untimely departure followed a brief but courageous battle with

The Palau-flagged Serafina is the worst seen by ITF Inspector Assaf Hadar in four years of inspecting ships in Israel No employment contracts, food storage freezers all at above 0°c, the stench of rotten meat, a bug infestation, broken sanitation facilities – these are some of the inhuman conditions

More than 130 migrant fishers impacted by forced labour in seafood supply chain for scampi that ends up on UK plates The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has successfully appealed against the false labour and human rights claims of the UK Nephrops (scampi) Fishery Improvement

Maritime industry representatives came together at ITF House for the Ukraine Maritime Forum. Ukrainian seafarers were top of the agenda last month as representatives from across the maritime industry came together at ITF House, in London, for an event run by the Marine Transport Workers' Trade Union

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) unequivocally condemns the horrific bombing of the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv by Russian forces. At least 42 people have been killed, many more wounded and an unknown number of people remain trapped under rubble. Paddy Crumlin, ITF

The ITF joined trade union allies from around the world in Geneva to call for action on serious breaches of workers’ rights The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) was in Switzerland in June for the annual meeting of what’s become known as the ‘international parliament of labour’ – the

On May 21 petroleum tanker drivers sent shockwaves through the Ghanian economy with a nationwide sit-down strike. Less than a month later, tanker drivers also took to the streets in Nepal. Despite taking place in countries 10,000 kms away, these strikes were similar in form, content, and in the way

‘An injury to one is an injury to all’ this principle has inspired the labour movement around the world for generations, including workers across the transport sectors. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other queer workers have always played an essential role in our unions, but only in recent