samudra

Strategies for South East Asia
Week of Action
Much careful deliberation and
strategising took place at the
Seacare Building when some 20
unionists from the South East Asia
region converged together to plan
for the SEA Flag of Convenience
(FOC) / Port of Convenience (POC)
Week of Action that took place in
November 2008.
The meeting, which was held
from 17 to 18 October 2008, had
representatives from Australia, Burma,
Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia,
Thailand, Cambodia and Japan.
Chairing the meeting was Mr Shigeru Wada from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) while Mr Trevor
Charles was the ITF Tokyo-FOC Campaign Coordinator.
The meeting focused on two main themes – “No Place To Hide” and “Burmese Human Rights Issue”.
The detailed discussion laid the foundation for a successful Week of
Action.
One-Stop Resource
for Seafarers Worldwide
The ITF launched a new site which is described as the only ‘one stop shop’ for seafarers anywhere, irrespective of how
computer literate they are or how good or bad the equipment they access it from may be.
Click on to www.itfseafarers.org and seafarers can easily access to latest news, advice and support service. The new site
offers them information on their health, their pay and safety and includes features such as: Crew Talk message boards;
advice and help; Ship Look-up Tool showing vessel agreements and other information; Inside the Issues briefing area;
interactive polls; trade union contact details, and an ITF inspectors’ blog.
The web resource is in English, the international seafarers’ language. Chinese, Russian and Spanish versions will follow.
samudra issue no.4