Dockers and seafarers trade union delegates from around the world will meet in Cape Town, South Africa next week for the ITF Dockers’ Section and ITF Seafarers’ Section conferences. The events will run concurrently from 5-6 June. A dedicated cabotage conference will be held on 4 June.
Almost 1.5 million maritime workers from 148 countries are represented by ITF unions.
The dockers’ conference and seafarers’ conferences are two events in a series of ITF conferences leading up to the organisation’s next congress in Singapore in October 2018. The Pathway to Congress series will define the priorities and decisions made by the ITF at an international level.