SMOU is affiliated to the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). The ITF is an international trade union federation of transport workers' unions with members in the transport industry, and represents some 4.5 million transport workers across 154 countries. The ITF represents the interests of some 708 transport workers' unions in bodies which take decisions affecting jobs, employment conditions or safety in the transport industry, such as the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Both SMOU and the ITF work very closely as global partners to ensure that the seafarers are provided with industrial protection, the appropriate terms and conditions of employment, and the basic welfare that they are so rightly entitled to. SMOU’s General Secretary, Ms Mary Liew, is an elected Executive Board Member of the ITF. For more information on the ITF, please click on the following link: www.itfglobal.org |
