ITF Asia Pacific

Official Twitter of the ITF Asia Pacific region #WeAreITF #ITFAPAC

[ITF Asia Pacific @ITFAPAC]

The first edition of our new ITF Asia Pacific Update is out now!
The Update takes a look at some of the incredible work being done by transport workers and their unions across the Asia Pacific region.
Get up-to-date right here 📷 https://t.co/LCJyPkvJHi... #WeAreMoreTogether

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

🚨 This week in Colombo, transport unions adopted Seizing Control: Transport Workers' Principles for Artificial Intelligence - global demands on employers, technology providers and governments.
https://t.co/UeAfRdN3Tj

[ITF Asia Pacific @ITFAPAC]

International shippers transporting bulk liquids to the Port of Melbourne have been warned not to undertake any actions that undermine the resolution of the current industrial dispute Quantem and Coode Island dock workers #shipping
https://t.co/r9fpKCC3lv

[ITF Asia Pacific @ITFAPAC]

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) sends it #solidarity and deepest sympathies to the people of Nepal in the aftermath of yesterday’s catastrophic floods. https://t.co/Nsl8hciPc1

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

Huge win for gig workers in Australia! 🇦🇺
Delivery drivers for platforms like Uber + Doordash will be guaranteed a minimum hourly rate of pay after a landmark judgement. The new standards also include pay for waiting time and personal accident insurance.

https://t.co/yoCJZItUfR

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

Unions from across Central Asia are demanding that investment in the ‘Trans-Caspian International Transport Route’ (TITR) is matched by decent jobs and strong trade union representation.

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

Congratulations to ITF affiliates in Fiji for an extremely successful action over the weekend.

The campaign for an increase to the minimum wage in Fiji is gaining momentum. The time for excuses is over - Fijian workers need a Living Wage now!

https://t.co/UIiqPgR74M

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

An Indian captain is facing up to 10 years in prison charged with sanction offences on an alleged Russia shadow fleet vessel.

Seafarers will often be unaware of whether the vessel they are on is carrying sanctioned oil - they should not become victims of geopolitical conflicts.

[ITF Asia Pacific @ITFAPAC]

Nepal’s government has announced plans to ban trade unions representing public service workers.

This is a direct violation of ILO Conventions, Nepal’s own Constitution, and the fundamental democratic rights of workers.

[ITF Asia Pacific @ITFAPAC]

Here’s what we’ve been doing:
✊ Inaugurating the Nepal Trade Union Congress
🤝 Meeting with the President of Nepal
📺 Speaking with NTV World on platform workers, global supply chains & the threat to ban trade unions in Nepal

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

✊🪧ØRSTED DAY OF ACTION: Over 215 unions from 100 countries have joined global transport & dockers' unions in signing a letter to @Orsted CEO @NipperMads calling for his direct intervention to resolve issues between @OrstedUS & US maritime unions. #OrstedStopUnionBusting

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

✊🪧ØRSTED DAY OF ACTION: Hundreds of trade unions from across the world will join together in protest against union-busting measures taken by renewable energy company @orsted. #OrstedStopUnionBusting

👇Check out our joint release👇
https://t.co/hl4crtdOaL

[Senator Tony Sheldon @TonySheldonNSW]

Solidarity with Woodside workers who have voted 99% in favour of taking industrial action in their fight for fair pay and job security.

After 13 failed legal challenges to stop their employees from bargaining, it's time Woodside cuts out the extreme anti-union ideology and comes to the table.

[ITF Asia Pacific @ITFAPAC]

Seafarers have won landmark commitments to a Just Transition as part of a new climate change strategy adopted by the IMO – the UN's International Maritime Organization. 🚢👩‍✈️🌏✊

This is a big deal. Read more ⤵️
https://t.co/VsJaYrxBvl

[ITF Asia Pacific @ITFAPAC]

Registration is now open for the ITF Seafarers' Expo 2023 in Manila from 23 - 25 June. The Expo aims to inform about seafarers' rights, the ITF, and its affiliated seafarers' unions' critical role in supporting seafarers worldwide.

📣 Register now at: https://t.co/7WOn9n8W11

[ITF Asia Pacific @ITFAPAC]

The Philippines & Indonesia, home to just under 21% of the world's crew members, are taking action to support their seafarers in developing modern skill sets as shipping decarbonizes, which will be showcased at a two-day conference starting today.https://t.co/onwrDK5uN6

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

International Workers’ Memorial Day is a day to mourn all the workers who have needlessly lost their lives to negligent employers.

And it reminds us to organise so it doesn’t happen again. An injury to one, is an injury to all. #IWMD23 #WorkersMemorialDay
https://t.co/EmAkRbv9IL

[ITF Asia Pacific @ITFAPAC]

More than 200,000 riverboat workers in Bangladesh have won a stunning 60 percent pay rise after strike action through their ITF-affiliated union federation, BNSF.

#ITFInlandNav #WeAreITF #WeMovetheWorld @ITFglobalunion
https://t.co/HLMkHN4GmL

[ITF Asia Pacific @ITFAPAC]

Thirteen Filipino seafarers have returned home after being stranded for over five months aboard an abandoned livestock carrier, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) announced Monday after working to secure their release.
https://t.co/4LOIMSFhRR

[ITF Asia Pacific @ITFAPAC]

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has secured the freedom for 13 abandoned Filipino seafarers stuck in Singapore for five months and has won $1 million back for crews.

Read the full article on Safety 4 Sea here: https://t.co/E5lbDECd9k