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North Sea offshore investigation reveals ‘exploitation’ A joint trade union week of action in the North Sea offshore (oil and gas) sector to stamp out ‘social dumping’ in the sector has found evidence of the exploitation and humiliation of Romanian workers in the port of Hartlepool, the organisers allege. 15/2/2012 More	Statement on Costa Concordia sinking ITF general secretary David Cockroft stated: “This is a human tragedy that came close to being even worse than it was. We understand that six people are currently known to be dead and 10 missing, six of them seafarers. The wellbeing of their families and of the passengers and crew who went through this harrowing experience is at the forefront of everyone’s thoughts today.” 16/1/2012 More
World AIDS day in Bali, Indonesia The Bali Seafarers' Centre in cooperation with Indonesian Seafarers Union of Bali Branch (KPI) and Norwegian Seafarers' Union (NSU) conducted a talk show to celebrate world AIDS day on December 1st, 2011. Bali Seafarers' Centre is one of 16 seafarers centers around the world which have been chosen to participate in a pilot project campaigning against HIV-AIDS organized by the ITF and ICSW. 3/1/2012 More	ICSW Annual General Meeting 2011 Last April the Seafarers' House San Juan (SHSJ) participated in the International Committee on Seafarers' Welfare (ICSW) Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Copenhagen, Denmark. 10/11/2011 More
NSU Cruise Seminar in Cochin, India From October 4th through the 8th, NSU in collaboration with the Indian Union: NUSI, the Italian Union: FIT-CISL and the ITF organized a Basic Trade Union Cruise Seminar in India for the 2nd year in a row. This year, the seminar took place just outside Cochin in southern India. 10/11/2011 More	What is a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and what decides what it should contain? There are many factors and regulations that decide the contents of a CBA. The most imortant factor for the cruise ships in particular is the ITF's Miami Guidelines which sets forth a number of benchmarks for a CBA within the cruise industry. 10/11/2011 More

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