“These workers were sacked for fighting for better wages and against dangerous conditions. After joining their union, they faced intimidation and retaliation from management – who gave them two…

The Malaviya 20 is one of two Indian-owned and -flagged vessels that were effectively abandoned by their owners after they were detained in Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth. The ITF has assisted both ship…

More than 400 seafarers and 100 cadets from the Myanmar Maritime University – most of them not union members – participated in the first of what will become an annual event. They heard from IFOMS…

They used the event to plan how they could become more powerful through increased membership and the promotion of collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). The ITF and its Venezuelan unions…

That’s the verdict on the ITF Arab World regional conference in Tunisia that came to a close on Friday. 255 participants represented 33 unions from 12 countries. Online engagement saw more than half…