Maritime Union of Australia
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Fears Grow For Foreign Seafarers on “Merkur Sky” 4 May 2011There are growing concerns for the welfare of Filipino and Burmese crew aboard the Flag of Convenience (FOC) "Merkur Sky", ...
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ITF Agreement covers 160 Seafarers 21 Apr 2011The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is pleased to announce that ITF agreements have been signed to cover almost 160 ...
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Seafarer left for dead by "Ocean Freighters" 1 Apr 2011The Australian National ITF Co-ordinator Dean Summers has expressed concern for all crew employed on board a Greek fleet of ...
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HUNDREDS RALLY TO SUPPORT PAKISTANI SEAFARERS 4 Mar 2011Hundreds of activists occupied Fremantle’s Victoria Quay’s E berth today, to send a strong message of solidarity with 80 seafarers ...
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Crew Suffer while Queen waits 27 Feb 2011The Jordanian owners of the ship at the centre of the deepening industrial and political dispute in Fremantle the "Bader ...
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FOC Crew treated "Worse than Sheep" 24 Feb 2011The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) is locked in dispute with the Jordanian owners of the Flag of convenience live ...
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Union calls for govt crackdown on ships of shame 4 Nov 20103 incidents in as many months involving Liberian Flag of Convenience ships on our coastline. Union call for government crackdown
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MSC Basel runs aground in another Flag of Convenience near disaster 2 Nov 2010The Maritime Union of Australia has again raised serious concerns over the Flag of Convenience (FOC) shipping system, after another ...
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Port Lincoln sinking of "MV Apollo S" just the tip of the Flag of Convenience "iceberg" 13 Oct 2010The International Transport Workers Federation ITF has warned that the disastrous sinking of the Australian fishing vessel MV Apollo S, ...
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Ship of Shame behind oil spill 26 Aug 2010Newcastle oil spill further evidence that Australian shipping needs revitalising