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Seafarers' Bulletin 2024

Seafarers are at the heart of greening the maritime industry. The challenge for the ITF and its affiliated seafarer unions is making sure that there is a just transition which protects seafarers’ labour rights and working conditions while skilling them for the jobs of the future. Seafarers’ bulletin
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Choose the union or your job, dockers told

Dockers in Turkey are facing an increased attack on their right to join the union of their choice by a hostile employer. Dockers at Borusan Port started to unionise in March by joining the dockers’ union Liman-İş . Their employer – Borusan Lojistik AS – responded by sacking six workers, who were
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Seafarer free after 12 years

Abdul Nasser Saleh is finally home with his family in Egypt, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is delighted to announce. Twelve years ago, Abdul Nasser Saleh took a job as an engineer on board the Al Maha vessel. He then spent a shocking 4,000 days stuck on board. By the end of
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ILO Guidelines

In September 2019 the tripartite constituents of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted Guidelines on the promotion of decent work and road safety in the transport sector. The Guidelines contain a wide range of recommendations on best practices for protecting the rights of commercial

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Gabon and Eswatini listed as Flags of Convenience

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) adds two new countries to its longstanding list of Flags of Convenience. Two ship registries strongly associated with ‘dark fleet’ transportation – Gabon and Eswatini – are the latest additions to the ITF’s Flags of Convenience (FOC) list. The
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