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Danish dockers’ action and international solidarity wins improved conditions for seafarers
Rallying of trade union support from Belgium, Australia and the USA crucial to new terms on ship working to install wind turbines with world’s largest offshore wind developer, ØrstedAction by dockers…
Risky business: a seafarer undertakes lashing in Rotterdam
Workers’ Memorial Day: the daily dangers seafarers and dockers face at work
As one company steps up to do the right thing in the Netherlands, another CEO faces charges for the 2020 death of a New Zealand stevedoreFatigue is a seafarer’s constant reality. Imagine arriving in…
Shipping companies’ lifeline to Myanmar junta demonstrates disdain for human rights
Unions slam shipping giants for sustaining regime, including Maersk’s hollow claim of performing ‘heightened human rights due diligence’Global shipping giants are putting commercial interests above…
Data analytics in action: how ITF Inspectorate data holds companies responsible for protecting rights in maritime supply chains
Comment article by Seth Payer, Head of Data and Research at the International Transport Workers' FederationThe International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has a unique and powerful influence on…
The stricken True Confidence
Seafarers’ lives matter
The International Bargaining Forum’s (IBF) Warlike Operations Area Committee (WOAC) has unanimously agreed to designate the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden ‘Warlike’ to emphasise the seriousness of the…