ITF acts to get seafarers off ships as deadline passes
The International Transport Workers’ Federation says it will now assist seafarers to exercise their right to stop working, leave ships, and return home, regardless of the consequences to global trade
‘Seafarers have done our part in this pandemic, and plenty more. If a seafarer wants off a ship, then the ITF, our affiliated unions and the ITF inspectorate will do everything we can to assist them’ — Steve Cotton, general secretary of the ITF