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ITF comment on Doha container death
Commenting on last week’s death of a driver crushed by a container reportedly falling from a lorry exiting Doha port, ITF president Paddy Crumlin said: “Injuries associated with containers are all too common. They can occur throughout the supply chain –on ships, in ports, on road and rail. There is a deep and constant need for oversight, care and regulation.”
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Protesting DP-DHL workers receive worldwide support
Six thousand Deutsche Post-DHL workers who put the company on trial today at its annual general meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, were buoyed up by support from DHL unions around the world.
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Shareholders must urge Deutsche Post-DHL to scrap plans to cut German parcel workers’ wages
Frankfurt, 27 May: UNI Global Union and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) are calling on shareholders attending today’s Deutsche Post-DHL AGM to warn management to reverse its decision to slash parcel workers’ wages and take away their rights.
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Deutsche Post-DHL brings race to the bottom home to Germany
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and UNI Global Union today condemned as cynical Deutsche Post-DHL’s move to drastically cut the pay of its parcel delivery workers in Germany.
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Perth protest rally targets oil and gas giant Chevron’s New Zealand operation
A large and noisy rally targeting offshore hydrocarbon corporation Chevron has taken place outside the New Zealand consulate in Perth this morning.
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ITF unions act on container safety on Workers’ Memorial Day
Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living. That’s the slogan for International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) and it was taken to heart by ITF unions this week when they took action around toxic gases and fumigation in containers.
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Unions deliver worker’s message to Agility customer
ITF and Unite members delivered a personal message from Agility Kenya worker Ruth Matahi today direct to shareholders of one of the company’s major customers. They shared the message – an eyewitness account of the tactics being used by managers of the logistics multinational’s Kenyan branch – at the AGM of BAT (British American Tobacco) in London this morning.
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Supporters take Kenya concerns to London AGM
Members of the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and Unite the Union will take their concerns about attacks against Kenyan logistics workers to the attention of BAT (British American Tobacco) shareholders in London today.
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Women leaders build change
ITF women leaders meeting in London last week pledged to continue building union power, denouncing discrimination, and challenging neo-liberal austerity policies.
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ITF urges international solidarity for DHL India workers
The ITF has sent a message urging affiliates in its global DHL network to act in support of DHL India activists and their union in their struggle against management’s anti-union and anti-worker onslaught.
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ITF warns Agility Logistics - and tells ITF family to be vigilant
“We are working 24/7. When it comes to accidents we just take care of ourselves. When it comes to payment, it’s very little. We have families and we can’t make it with this salary," explained Ronald, an Agility Logistics trucker, to an ITF investigative team, in Kenya from 27 March to 2 April to look into the Kuwaiti-owned company's treatment of its workforce.
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Inland transport unions celebrate success
The reach and power of ITF road transport and railway unions were on show this week as representatives from 50 unions in 30 countries met in London for steering committee meetings.
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