Seafarers

To secure better working lives at sea, ITF is:

• Exposing the broken Flags of Convenience system, which is failing seafarers, consumers and risking our environment.
• Winning better pay and conditions through the world’s largest global collective bargaining agreement.
• Enforcing accountability across the maritime supply chain by holding companies to account for the human rights of seafarers moving their cargo.
• Monitoring and enforcing collective agreements and international maritime law through ITF’s global inspectorate.
• Raising international standards, strengthening global policy and influencing key international policy institutions including the IMO and ILO.
• Working with our national-level affiliates to ensure international standards are adopted and implemented by national governments.
• Supporting national campaigns for the expansion of domestic shipping industries through national cabotage laws.
• Leading the transition to sustainable shipping and ensuring that our jobs, our climate and our future are all protected through a maritime just transition.
• Campaigning for a more equal and inclusive industry, through our Women at Sea and Young Seafarers networks.
   

We also work across specific maritime sub-sectors and issues, with industrial task forces established for cabotage, cruise ships and offshore, as well as the committees that provide technical advice to support the ITF’s advocacy for seafarers at the IMO including the Maritime Safety Committee