I‑ The Union Response - Attempts
•Only ITS engaged in genuine multinational collective bargaining is the ITF
•In 2000 US workers at Imerys (French based multinational ceramics and construction materials co) joined with Belgian unions and ICEM to launch an international organizing campaign
•All ITS have hope and long‑range plan to establish transnational bargaining
Only ITS engaged in genuine multinational collective bargaining is the ITF
Signs agreements with both individual ship operators and with the International Shipping Federation
SHIPOWNERS SIGNING ITF COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS NOT ONLY AGREE TO MEET CONDITIONS BUT ALSO TO PAY FEES AND MAKE   ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF OVER $200 PER SAILOR
SHIPS WITHOUT ITF AGREEMENTS CAN RUN INTO TROUBLE LEAVING A VARIETY OF PORTS AROUND THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY FLAG OF CONVENIENCE SHIPS

2000 US workers at Imerys (French based multinational ceramics and construction materials co) joined with Belgian unions and ICEM to launch an international organizing campaign
In US Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers trying to organize the company in Alabama and Georgia