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30万海员被困在海上:船员换班危机不断加深,需要政府更快采取行动

国际运输工人联盟( ITF )估计,全球大约有 30 万海员由于船员换班危机被困在船上,并且有相等数量的没有工作的海员在岸上等待接替这些船上的船员。 这使 60 万海员受到这场危机的影响。 自 ITF 告诉世界各国政府 “ 这一切已经受够了 ” 以来 ,已经过去了一个月,本工会联盟和我们的同盟工会将协助世界各地的海员在完成合同后行使停止工作、下船、遣返回国与家人团聚的权利。 ITF 秘书长 斯蒂芬
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澳大利亚海事监管者对船员换班危机保持沉默

国际运输工人联盟(ITF)和澳大利亚海事工会(MUA)认为,澳大利亚联邦政府对待船员换班危机就像开着车睡着了,从而使贸易、澳大利亚经济和海员生命处于极大危险。 “星期四,当英国在举办一次关于船员换班危机的虚拟国际峰会时,澳大利亚甚至没有拨号加入。这是表明联邦政府或其监管者缺乏应对近年来最严重的海事危机的领导力的一个最新的信号,”ITF总裁兼MUA工会国家秘书克拉姆林(Paddy Crumlin)说
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峰会之后,政府必须实行海员豁免政策

国际运输工人联盟( ITF )呼吁世界各国政府迅速采取行动,给海员发放签证、边境及检疫豁免,促成船员换班并解决当前的危机。 ITF 秘书长斯蒂芬 ·科顿 ( Stephen Cotton )今天在由英国主办的伦敦 国际海事船员换班虚拟峰会上代表本全球联盟的 100 万名海员发言。 “ 各国 政府今天通过了一项声明,承诺紧急采取一系列措施,为 40 万合同到期的海员 ‘ 扭转海上 正在发生的全球危机
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ITF称贝雷吉克利安政府的“红宝石公主号”调查为“烟幕”

国际运输工人联盟( ITF )今天将新南威尔士州政府对 “ 红宝石公主号 ” 的调查称为政府为掩盖在该邮轮乘客下船后第二阶段处理失策的 “ 烟幕 ” 。 ITF 与该州和联邦工党政治家一起呼吁贝雷吉克利安州长扩大调查范围,以审查 2020 年 3 月 19 日之后发生的事件,包括当局无视船员的健康、安全和福利,以及有关医疗、测试和遣返事项的决定使船员和澳大利亚公众受到了更大的新冠肺炎( Covid
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ITF 同盟工会力挺船员换班

工会海员正向世界各国政府施加更大的压力,要求它们允许船员换班,因为现在有 20 多 万名合同到期的海员还被困在船上。 在 ITF 所属主要劳动力供应工会给全球海员和国际社会的公开信 中, 工会宣布支持全球工会联盟 “ 这一切已经受够了 ” 的 立场,并承诺如果海员的合同已经到期,并且遣返能够安全地进行,工会将协助海员下船并返回家园。 ITF 海运部主席 大卫 · 海恩德尔 ( Dave
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ITF关于近海和支线船舶运营商向欧盟委员会提出投诉的声明

国际运输工人联盟(ITF)[及其所属工会] 通过新闻界得知,近海和支线船舶运营商已向欧盟委员会竞争总司提起一项投诉。 这一投诉与IBF集体协议中的非海员工作条款(NSWC)有关。该条款保护海员,使他们不必进行危险的货物装卸处理工作。 该集体协议是由代表海员的ITF和代表船东的联合协商小组(JNG)自愿协商并达成的。其中这一条款也经过真诚协商而达成
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Stephen Cotton was elected at the 43rd ITF Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2014, re-elected at the 46th ITF Congress in Singapore, 2018 and the 46th ITF Congress in Marrakech, 2024. Under his leadership, the ITF has transformed into a proactive campaigning organisation, allowing the ITF and its affiliates to secure industry-leading contracts and protocols with key multinational companies in the transport sector.
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Paddy Crumlin
Paddy Crumlin is the President of the ITF, a position he has held since 2010. He is also National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), a role he has held since 2000, National President of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), and a Member of the Executive Board of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).
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