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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…
ITF banner "ships of shame" being carried at a protest
Mandatory Seafarers' Charter would help prevent another P&O Ferries jobs massacre
Two years ago, trade unionists across the globe reacted in outrage as P&O Ferries illegally sacked 786 UK seafarers, a move that UK unions RMT and Nautilus labelled a ‘national scandal…
An empty port
Strikes in Finland close ports
On 11 March trade unions in Finland began a wave of strike action which has closed all cargo handling in Finnish ports and halted freight traffic on railways. The strike is currently intended to…