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ITF unions join Indian strike
ITF-affiliated unions in India have joined trade unions representing nearly 200 million workers in a historic two-day general strike.
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Freedom and wages returned after seven years of hell
All Mohammed Mustapha wanted to do was walk around freely.
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Released cabinet papers show major waterfront dispute a government set up
The latest release in Australia of Cabinet documents from 1996 and 1997 shows that the government of the time was planning a major industrial clash with waterfront unions, despite their protestations of innocence, something the High Court later found to be a probable conspiracy against the union and its members.
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Stephen Cotton's new year message 2019
"We leave 2018 with a high level of optimism that we can make the next year our most successful yet" - watch ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton's new year message for 2019
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Australian seafarers to gain from Canadians’ seafarers local shipping win
Australian seafarers are continuing their fight to secure jobs in their coastal waters, after a delegation visited Canada to examine and learn from their shipping laws which protect seafarers’ jobs and wages in Canada.
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ITF statement on XPO in the USA and Spain
XPO has now announced policy changes for employees in the United States – but these changes do not go far enough.
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Thai rail workers case taken to ILO
The ITF and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has written to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) director general asking him to urgently intervene in the case of seven Thai rail union leaders.
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Joint statement by the ITF, UNI and Deutsche Post DHL Group
The Global union federations, the International Transport Workers’ Federation ‘ITF’ and UNI Global Union ‘UNI’ and Deutsche Post DHL Group ‘DPDHL’ worked towards building a constructive and solution-oriented approach during 2018 by following the agreed procedure of the OECD protocol first established in July 2016.
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One year on, Ryanair still needs to stabilise its industrial relations
A year after Ryanair announced it would recognise unions, the company still has a long way to go before it can be considered a fair employer.
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Deaths on docks drive urgent plans to address safety
The ITF Dockers’ Section Occupational Safety and Health Working Group launched its work program last Thursday in Hong Kong, coming together with global terminal operators, regulators, academics, and the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for a roundtable discussion on the uneven safety performance in global container operations.
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ITF speaks up for seafarers at 100th session of IMO maritime safety committee
On 3 December 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) convened the 100th session of Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) – first held in 1948.
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Statement: Panama Canal Authority on course to undermine reputation of Panama’s most vital national asset
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is astonished and disappointed to read in the media of the Panama Canal Authority’s (ACP) aggressive and negative reaction to the launch of the independent study commissioned by the ITF that assessed the serious health and safety risks related to the fatigue of tugboat captains in the new Neopanamax locks.
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Seafarers win collective bargaining breakthrough in Iran
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Rights 4 Riders
Just days after riders announced a global network established by the ITF, #Rights4Riders, to protest the company’s business model, Deliveroo is facing setbacks to its IPO listing on the London Stock
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The Shwe Tun Aung Story
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