The maritime industrial environment -- Global collective bargaining -- Transnational union networks and enforcement -- Global regulatory politics and skill certification -- Global regulatory politics and labor standards in the ILO -- Breaking no eggs and making no omelets

The most significant case of transnational union bargaining co-ordination in existence is in the maritime shipping industry. A global union association, the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), and a global employers' federation, the International Maritime Employers' Committee...

Under the auspices of the International Transport Workers' Federation's (ITF) Flag of Convenience campaign, maritime unions have developed transnational global structures exploiting interdependencies in transportation production chains. The ITF, a London-based association of transport unions,...