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Conference sets port automation agenda
160 representatives from 11 maritime unions in 10 countries will meet in Sydney, Australia today and tomorrow in a conference designed to set the union agenda on port automation.The conference will
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Bob Carnegie update
Reacting to news that Abigroup/Lend Lease dropped several charges against Bob Carnegie, MUA national secretary and ITF president Paddy Crumlin said, while the news that some charges were being dropped
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Photo opportunity Friday: protest at London Fashion week
A photo opportunity will be staged this Friday 15 February outside the main (Strand) entrance of Somerset House, London WC2R 1LA, the central venue for this year’s London Fashion Week. Models dressed
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ITF welcomes new contract for Swedish transport workers
The ITF is welcoming the news that a strike by members of the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union (STWU) was called off after just 45 minutes yesterday following agreement with the Swedish Road Transport
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Thomson Majesty lifeboat accident, ITF comment
Commenting on the loss of five lives during a lifeboat practice launch on the Thomson Majesty, Bjorn-Erik Kristoffersen, the ITF's representative on the lifeboat working group of the IMO Maritime
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DHL provides “unsatisfactory” answers over workers’ rights abuses
Deutsche Post DHL provided “unsatisfactory” answers to the barrage of criticism and questions about its record of workers’ rights abuses from shareholders at its AGM in Frankfurt, Germany on 29 May
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ITF comment on management change at Air Pacific
The ITF has echoed the Fiji Trades Union Congress’s welcome for the news that the CEO of Fijian national airline Air Pacific is to step down.ITF civil aviation secretary Gabriel Mocho commented: “The
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Civil aviation focus on Latin America and Caribbean
Affiliates at the ITF civil aviation regional conference in Buenos Aires on May 7-8 discussed labour issues in major airlines in Latin America and the Caribbean and created the first ITF pilots
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ITF demands Shahabi release
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has demanded the release of Reza Shahabi, the imprisoned Iranian trade unionist and prisoner of conscience. Shahabi, who is the treasurer of the
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Hong Kong port strike update
This is the current situation in the Port of Hong Kong, where subcontracted workers have now been on strike for 28 days. Despite the continuation of the strike, there have been several developments in
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ITF registers concern with US SEC over Chevron’s apparent misrepresentations regarding Gorgon
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has called on the US Securities and Exchange Commission to scrutinise recent apparent misrepresentations made by multinational energy corporation
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ITF complains to Mitsui over ongoing Vancouver lockout
The ITF has made a formal complaint over the continued lockout of dockers at the Port of Vancouver in Washington, USA. The aggressive tactic, affecting around 200 members of ITF affiliate the
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Comment article Seth Payer, Head of Data and Research at the International Transport Workers’ Federation The role of trade unions and a core pillar of the work of the International Transport Workers’
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Seafarers win collective bargaining breakthrough in Iran
An ITF-affiliated seafarers’ union based in Iran has achieved a major organising victory. The Iranian Merchant Mariners Syndicate (IMMS) has won a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for
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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
The story of an ordinary Burmese seafarer facing oppression at sea - Burmese Cowboy is the tale of Shwe Tun Aung and his journey around the world, opposing corrupt ship owners and a dangerous