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Baltic week of action commences Monday

News Release International Transport Federation (ITF) October 7, 2011
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latest ITF maritime week of action commences on Monday in <st1:place
w:st="on">Baltic Sea</st1:place> ports. It will run from 10 to 14 October, and
follows on from recent similar actions in East Asia, India and Sri Lanka. Joint
seafarer/docker union/ITF teams will visit ships in </SPAN><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
lang=EN-GB>Denmark</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-GB>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Estonia</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Finland</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Latvia</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lithuania</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Norway</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Russia</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sweden</st1:place></st1:country-region> and the
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region> to check conditions and
pay onboard.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-GB>The main coordinating office for the event will be in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Stockholm</st1:place></st1:City>, from where
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Annica Barning</st1:PersonName>, ITF coordinator in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sweden</st1:place></st1:country-region>, said: &#8220;A major theme of the
week is union organising and how it can help seafarers. Our aim is to work
alongside our docker and seafarer union colleagues to visit as many ships as
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