David Cockroft

General Secretary, International Transport Workers' Federation

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General Secretary of the International Transport Workers' Federation, which includes over 650 unions representing 4.5 million transport workers worldwide

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Somali pirates want $15 million in ransom money for the Sirius Star, a Saudi tanker carrying $100 million worth of crude oil that they took earlier this month.

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Somali pirates want $15 million in ransom money for a Saudi tanker carrying $100 million worth of crude oil.

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Somali pirates want $15 million in ransom money for a Saudi tanker carrying $100 million worth of crude oil.

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