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HIV/AIDS information for seafarers in new wellbeing app
Seafarers can now easily access up-to-date information and guidance about HIV/AIDS on their mobile devices, thanks to a new wellbeing app launched by the ITF this week.
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ITF joins commemoration of Tolpuddle martyrs
The ITF joined many of its UK affiliates at this year’s Tolpuddle festival in Dorset, UK on 17 July to commemorate the six farm workers who were cruelly punished when they attempted to organise in 1834.
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DHL workers’ right 'to a collective voice at work’ guaranteed in ground-breaking protocol
The ITF and UNI Global Union have agreed a protocol with logistics giant DP-DHL which commits them to continued dialogue on employment and industrial relations.
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Joint statement by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and UNI Global Union on the outcome of the complaint to the German National Contact Point for the OECD Multinational Guidelines about the conduct of DP-DHL
The ITF, UNI and DP-DHL have today agreed to a protocol, which commits them to continued dialogue on employment and industrial relations. The parties will meet four times a year and attempt to resolve issues in a mutually acceptable manner to avoid future problems.
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ITF delivers cabotage message to TTIP stakeholders
The ITF delivered the message that cabotage is needed to protect jobs, economies and skills to a TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) stakeholder meeting in Brussels, Belgium last week.
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ITF commends SIU of Canada over licence exposé
The ITF has commended the Seafarers International Union of Canada for its work in revealing abuses of a permit licensing system that risked undermining the nation’s cabotage laws and shipping capability.
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ITF upholds cabotage role to TTIP stakeholders
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has upheld the vital role of maritime cabotage in protecting jobs, economies and skills at a TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) stakeholder event in Brussels, Belgium, today.
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Unions back SOMU and set priorities for supporting inland navigation workers
ITF unions representing inland navigation workers met last week in Strasbourg to set their direction and priorities to 2018.
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ITF union welcomes landmark Uber ruling
An ITF union has hailed a court ruling that could mean the beginning of the end for Uber in Denmark.
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18-month negotiation ends in job security for workers on Rotterdam dock
After a year and a half of negotiations dockers at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, have secured job security until July 2020. The agreement with management was reached on Tuesday by members of the FNV negotiating team.
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Dockers across six continents take actions to defend rights
Dockers and their unions from Abidjan to Australia, Cyprus to Canada, New Zealand to Norway were among thousands from ports in over 50 countries across six continents who took part in the first international dockers’ action day on 7 July.
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Statement by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) on the death of Philando Castile
ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton said: “On behalf of the five million workers we represent in 150 countries, we are deeply saddened by the loss of our union brother Philando Castile.
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