{"id":5187,"date":"2024-03-22T19:02:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2024-03-22T19:02:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T17:02:08","slug":"frederick-university-to-host-lecture-by-itf-s-stephen-cotton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=5187","title":{"rendered":"Frederick University to host lecture by ITF, \u2019s Stephen Cotton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/frederick-university-to-host-lecture-by-itf-s-stephen-cotton.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Frederick University will host a lecture by International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) General Secretary Stephen Cotton on the ITF and its mission to protect the rights of transport workers worldwide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-2039564074\">\n<div id=\"cypru-1414490908\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-5927168481153-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The lecture will be held on March 28, from 6.15-7.45pm, at the University\u2019s Limassol campus,<\/strong> focusing on the ITF and the importance of the global labour movement to the world\u2019s seafarers. ITF is a global union federation of 670 trade unions representing over 18 million transport workers in 150 countries in the maritime, port, aviation, road, rail and urban transport sectors.<br \/>\nCotton will speak about the ITF history and mission to protect and improve workers\u2019 lives and futures, as transport workers form the lifeblood of the global economy, linking critical supply chains, markets and societies, keeping our world moving. He will also elaborate on the importance of ITF and the global labour movement to maritime unions and seafarers. A discussion will follow.<br \/>\nThe event is being co-organised by the Department of Maritime Transport and Commerce and Department of Law, and is open to the public and stakeholders in the various sectors of the maritime industry.<br \/>\n<strong>About Stephen Cotton<\/strong><br \/>\nStephen Cotton is General Secretary of the International Transport Workers\u2019 Federation (ITF). He was elected at the 43rd ITF Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2014, and re-elected at the 44th ITF Congress in Singapore, 2018. Under his leadership, the ITF has transformed into a proactive campaigning organisation, allowing the ITF and its affiliates to secure industry-leading contracts and protocols with key multinational companies in the transport sector.<br \/>\nCotton is also a Trustee of the ITF Seafarers\u2019 Trust and serves on the United Seaman\u2019s Service (USS) governing body. In 2021, he was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to serve as a Member of the Board of the UN Global Compact, an initiative that mobilises industry leaders globally to do business responsibly and improve the state of society. He chaired the Council of Global Unions (CGU) between 2019 and 2023, a particularly challenging time for trade unions globally.<br \/>\nIn 2014, Cotton received the USS Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award, in recognition of his work defending the well-being and fair treatment of seafarers.<br \/>\n<strong>To register, please click\u00a0<\/strong>here<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frederick University will host a lecture by Stephen Cotton, the General Secretary of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), on March 28, from 6.15-7.45pm, at the University\u2019s Limassol campus. The lecture will focus on the ITF&#8217;s mission to protect the rights of transport workers worldwide and the importance of the global labour movement to the world\u2019s seafarers. The ITF is a global union federation representing over 18 million transport workers in 150 countries across various sectors including maritime, port, aviation, road, rail, and urban transport. The event is co-organised by the Department of Maritime Transport and Commerce and Department of Law, and is open to the public and stakeholders in the maritime industry. Stephen Cotton was elected as General Secretary of the ITF in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. He has led the ITF to become a proactive campaigning organisation and holds positions in other significant organizations, including the ITF Seafarers\u2019 Trust and the United Seaman\u2019s Service (USS) governing body. In 2021, he was appointed as a Member of the Board of the UN Global Compact and chaired the Council of Global Unions (CGU) between 2019 and 2023. He received the USS Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[186,33,3,26,3082,250,658,1991,187,3080,839,24,712,34,1220,1812,470,1824,1006,570,3081,1681,414,1759,18],"class_list":["post-5187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-business","tag-companies","tag-cyprus","tag-economy","tag-global-labour-movement","tag-google","tag-history","tag-industry","tag-international","tag-itf","tag-labour","tag-limassol","tag-maritime","tag-markets","tag-port","tag-rights","tag-road","tag-sectors","tag-trade","tag-trade-unions","tag-transport-workers","tag-trust","tag-un","tag-united-nations","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Frederick University to host lecture by ITF, \u2019s Stephen Cotton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"transport workers. 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