The fishing sector joins forces with the international community to call for wide ratification of ILO C188 Friday, 20 November – Brussels The European Social Partners in the Sea Fisheries…
Joint Statement calling on all Governments to immediately recognize seafarers as keyworkers, and to address the humanitarian crisis faced by the shipping sector UN entities issue joint statement to urge…
ILO calls on Belarus President to respect workers’ rights and freedoms amid protests “I must urge you to do all in your power to prevent the occurrence of human rights…
Global leaders to address ILO Virtual Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work The largest ever online gathering of workers, employers and governments will discuss how to build back better in…
Protect seafarers, keep trade by sea flowing – IMO ILO IHO Joint Statement IMO-WHO-ILO on medical certificates of seafarers, ship sanitation certificates and medical care of seafarers in the context…
Around 40 leaders from railway unions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia met with ILO experts and senior ITF representatives in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 September to 1 October to…
Geneva-based United Nations agency the ILO (International Labour Organization) today found Qatar guilty of allowing its state-owned airline, Qatar Airways, to violate international and national agreements and institutionalise discrimination. The…
In New York today (7 April), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) represented global shipowners at an important United Nations meeting, having been invited to speak as a panellist as…
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has made progress in improving arrangements for shore leave for seafarers. At a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, employers, trade unions and governments agreed a common…
New ITF general secretary Steve Cotton is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland for the first time, one of a spearhead of union leaders ensuring that workers’ rights…
2 December 2014 – Today, 21 million women, men and children worldwide are trapped in slavery, denied the right to live and ultimately work in freedom, dignity and equality, the…
30 September 2014 – The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) today slammed the anti-union intentions of an Australian royal commission into trade unions. ITF affiliate the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA)…
13 June 2014 – Two international union federations working together to fight appalling exploitation of fishery workers have applauded this week’s exposé by the UK’s Guardian newspaper of the use of…
11 June 2014 – Dismissed rail union branch leaders in Thailand returned to work last week in a workers’ victory. The case started in October 2009 following a series of…
The ITF and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have today submitted to the International Labor Organization (ILO) a case against Qatar for allowing its national airline, Qatar Airways, to…
11 April 2014 – The ITF has praised today’s decision at the ILO (International Labour Organization) in Geneva today to build on the success of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 by…
Tuesday 8 April 2014 – The winners of the 2014 International Seafarers’ Welfare Awards were announced last night during a high profile ceremony hosted by Secretary General of the International Labour…
A strike in the ports of Portugal has been called off after the reinstatement of 47 dismissed workers and assurance from management that a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) will…
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) held its Annual General Meeting in Oslo from 5-7 June at the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association (NSA). (The ICS AGM was preceded by a Summit…
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published its latest Annual Review of maritime policy and regulatory developments, in advance of its Annual General Meeting, which is being hosted by…
Maritime Labour Convention 2006- a preliminary assessment on its efficiency and effectiveness on Port State Control, by Andreas Giakoumelos* In 1992 the House of Lord Select Committee said that “Shipping…
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) held its 46th Committee meeting in Valletta, Malta, from 20 – 24 May 2013. The meeting was attended by members, the…
2 May 2013 – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), its affiliated union the State Railway Workers’ Union of Thailand (SRUT), the Thai State Enterprises Workers’ Relations Confederation (SERC), and…
August will see the introduction of the new Maritime Labour Convention (MLC). Ratified by 35 ILO member states covering 68.8% of the world fleet’s gross tonnage, the MLC provides rules…