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ITF: hope grows for fair deal for Malaviya crews
The crews of the two Indian-owned and -flagged vessels have been effectively abandoned by their owners after they were held in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Great Yarmouth, England. In Aberdeen a routine…
International Unions Welcome Australian High Court Decision on Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Visas
The exemption, granted by the Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton, in December 2015 was overturned by the High Court today following a case lodged by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and…
ITF backs Nautilus International in fight to stop Boskalis cutting and downgrading seafarers’ jobs
The company plans to cut 650 jobs worldwide, including 150 in the Netherlands, and scrap 24 ships despite making EUR440 million profit in 2015 and EUR148 million in the first half of 2016. In the…
Secret corporate structures rife in North Sea Oil
The London based International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) today released the report, Offshore Oil, Offshore Tax. Steve Cotton, ITF General Secretary, said the report laid out in detail the…
Kazakhstan transport union takes first steps towards joining ITF family
ITF general secretary Steve Cotton met with leaders of the Kazakhstan Sectoral Trade Union of Workers of Railway, Road, Air and Water Transport  (KazProfTrans) including chair, Orazgali…