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More than 200,000 inland waterway transport workers in Bangladesh have won a tremendous 60 percent pay rise and greatly improved working conditions. The win comes after months of strike action and negotiations between the workers’ unions and vessel owners.
Two years on from the sinking of the Ingenika and tragic loss of two of the mariners onboard, cost pressures are still putting tug crews’ lives in danger, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has warned – will we never learn?
Unions representing more than 180,000 tug, towage, river cruise, other inland waterways and ferry workers globally met in Amsterdam this week for the Inland Navigation Section Conference of the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s (ITF). The conference brought together 110 unions from 65 countries, alongside sustainable transport experts and supply chain leaders.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District announces the selection of Kristina “Kristi” Hall as the new Regulatory Division chief.