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The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today called on the Thai government to effectively implement and enforce the Work in Fishing Convention and take further steps to ratify ILO Conventions 87 and 98, to mitigate the risks of forced labour or labour rights abuses in seafood industry supply chains in Thailand.

ILWU Canada pledged solidarity last week to fellow dockers in Montreal with a gesture unmistakeable in its strength: a raised fist of support from workers fresh off a gruelling bargaining campaign, to their comrades across the country still locked in a brutal battle of their own. On June 13, as the

Despite the name, the National Union of Seafarers Sri Lanka (NUSS) is not just for seafarers. Since 2018 the NUSS has been organising informal dockworkers and fishers, contract logistics workers and, most recently, self-employed taxi drivers. "Other unions didn't want to organise them because it's

When piracy or armed robbery happen at sea, seafarers are on the frontline, at risk of being injured, assaulted, taken hostage or killed. Attacks have increased dramatically impacting thousands of seafarers and their families who fall victim and suffer at the hands of pirates.

Final Statement of the Workshop (Casina Pio IV, 4-5 March 2019) The Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in collaboration with the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), hosted the first summit of transport union leaders, manufacturers and technologists from around

In a decision with wide-ranging consequences for European aviation, a Belgian court has ruled that Ryanair cabin crew are subject to national labour law.

Joint press release from the International Transport Workers' Federation and the Joint Negotiating Group.

Joint statement from the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) delivered to the SeaWeb Seafood Summit in Bangkok.

The fight to end violence against women transport workers reaches a critical point this week with the world’s governments, employer and worker representatives due to regulate on violence and harassment in the work of work. The International Labour Organization (ILO) will complete negotiations on a

After being left adrift, abandoned off the Tunisian coast without wages, food and fuel, 12 seafarers on board the Qaaswa have been sent home after 13 months marooned off the Port of Sfax.