Category: English news

Barca FC’s Qatar Airways rethink ‘another nail in coffin’ of airline’s reputation The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today congratulated Barcelona football club for considering dropping its lucrative sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways, over what club president Josep Maria Bartomeu Далее

East Asia action begins Monday Teams of ITF inspectors, along with dockers’ and seafarers’ union members, will begin the first East Asian maritime action week of 2015 on Monday across ports in Japan, Korea, Russia and Taiwan. The action week Далее

ITF repeats call for Rotterdam dialogue as dockers protest The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today called for all-party talks on the future of the port of Rotterdam, as dockers refused to unload a ship loaded at the new Rotterdam Далее

ITF statement on new WMU president The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has warmly welcomed today’s announcement* that Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry is to be the next president of the World Maritime University (WMU) in Sweden. ITF general secretary Steve Cotton Далее

Maritime workers and asylum seekers: All in the same boat The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is today adding its voice to the growing opposition to the Abbott Government’s Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment Bill, which is currently before Далее

Maritime workers and asylum seekers: All in the same boat The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is today adding its voice to the growing opposition to the Abbott Government’s Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment Bill, which is currently before Далее

ITF slams Panama Canal Authority’s attack on union The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today branded moves by the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) an open attack on trade unions which is in clear breach of the country’s international commitments. The Далее

The ITF’s Stephen Cotton (right) is awarded the 2014 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award along with Joseph Cox (centre), and Frederick Harris (left). Photo: Dominick Totino Photography. The UK’s Stephen Cotton, general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation Далее

МИД ведет переговоры о защите украинских моряков на задержанном в Индонезии судне Ocean Green Министерство иностранных дел Украины ведет переговоры о защите прав и интересов украинских моряков, которые находятся на судне Ocean Green в Индонезии. Об этом в ходе брифинга Далее

Respecting the law, protecting customers The International Road Transport Union (IRU), representing taxi, bus, coach and truck companies worldwide, and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), which unites trade unions representing transport workers across the globe, today appealed to regulators Далее