ITF Arab World regional secretary Bilal Malkawi made the following statement: “We join the families and friends mourning the loss of passengers and crew. Their grief is profound and deeply moving. Like them, we are saddened by this tragic loss of lives. Like them we hope for answers to the cause of the crash.

The ITF is calling on the Mexico City government to step in to end anti-union activity by the state-owned Electric Transport Service (STEDF).

Brazilian seafarers have decided to suspend their strike action at oil carrier Transpetro while they vote over the next 15 days on a possible agreement worked out at conciliatory hearings at the country’s Superior Labour Court.

National Express agreed on 11 May to meet with the ITF and four of its unions following a letter they sent to the chairman and the group chief executive a week earlier expressing their concerns over the company’s behaviour.

Brazilian seafarers have decided to suspend their strike action while they vote on a possible agreement worked out at conciliatory hearings at the country’s Superior Labour Court.

In a historic joint move to highlight XPO’s anti-worker actions, ITF union representatives from Europe protested alongside workers and Teamsters officials outside the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) in Connecticut, USA on 11 May.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation has reacted strongly after Brazil’s state-owned petroleum corporation, Petrobras, took steps to intimidate and threaten seafarers who are due to strike tomorrow. The Federation has condemned the company’s actions in response to legitimate, legal strike action as a breach of Brazilian law and a violation of the ILO’s principle of freedom of association.

A group of young transport workers representing the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have spent last week on an international mission to Palestine. The visit was part of a commitment from the ITF to building industrial solidarity and effective responses to the challenges faced by transport workers in the region.

A youth mission including transport workers from South Africa, UK, Australia and Canada has just returned from Palestine. The group were representing ITF unions SATAWU, Unite the Union, MUA and Unifor.

Eighteen sacked workers at the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) have been reinstated after the Workers' Union of the Solomon Islands (WUSI) and the ITF intervened.

Brazilian seafarers are ready to begin industrial action this Saturday, 14 May, in a dispute over discriminatory practices that potentially undermine the national flag identity of its offshore and cabotage fleet.

Workers from several companies at the port of Buenaventura, Colombia have united to take action because of concerns over safety and working conditions there, with the support of the ITF.