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Déclaration conjointe ITF – IDC Liverpool, le 25 Septembre 2015
Les principaux représentants du Conseil International des Dockers (IDC) et de la section docker de la fédération international du transport (ITF) se sont rencontrés à Liverpool le Vendredi 25 Septembre, avant la commémoration du 20eme anniversaire de la lutte des dockers de Liverpool.
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IDC-ITF JOINT STATEMENT – Liverpool, 25 September 2015
Leading representatives of the International Dockworkers Council (IDC) and the International Transport Workers Federation Dockers Section (ITF) met in Liverpool on Friday 25 September, before the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Liverpool Dockworkers strike.
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European Citizens Initiative calls for fair transport in Europe
A group of European citizens, transport workers and union members have launched a new European Citizens’ Initiative – Fair Transport Europe – which calls on the European Commission (EC) to propose measures for ensuring fair competition in transport and to guarantee equal treatment of workers.
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ITF urges concerted union approach to changing industrial challenges
Addressing 1,600 participants at ver.di’s congress in Leipzig on 22 September, ITF general secretary Steve Cotton urged affiliates and global federations to work together in a concerted bid to tackle today’s challenges facing transport workers.
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Top unionists visit Palestine to promote justice and workers’ rights
A delegation of top trade unionists met Palestinian government ministers and senior PLO officials and were warmly welcomed by union leaders and activists in Palestine during a three-day visit last week to promote justice and workers’ rights.
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Right to strike on UK national centre agenda as attacks intensify
Protecting the right to strike has featured heavily at the annual meeting of the British national trade union centre, the TUC.
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“Fair transport Europe” launches
A key group of transport unions meeting in Brussels on Wednesday determined to address worsening working conditions with a new campaign initiative, “Fair Transport Europe,” actively supported by ETF affiliates from the 28 European Member States.
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Third East Asia action week begins Monday
Teams of ITF inspectors, along with dockers’ and seafarers’ union members, will check pay and working conditions on board vessels as part of the third East Asian maritime action week of 2015. This begins on Monday across ports in Japan, Korea, Russia and Taiwan and will run from 14 to 18 September.
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Where’s your pension money going? Workers’ capital explained
This week members of the global unions Committee on Workers’ Capital (CWC) met at the ITF in London. The committee is a joint initiative of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee of the OECD (TUAC) and the Global Union Federations (GUFs).
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Estonian dockers to picket management building in fight for voice at work
“We’re going to be picketing in front of the offices of Port of Muuga management in Tallinn calling for union recognition for dockers. We want the community-local and global-to support us!”
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Arab World APMT unions forge common strategy
Twenty delegates from ITF-affiliated unions representing workers at APM Terminals in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Oman met in Aqaba, Jordan this week to agree on minimum standards for the region's terminals.
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ITF reveals MLC experiences to International Shipping Conference
ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) maritime coordinator Jacqueline Smith will reveal the organisation’s experience of the Maritime Labour Convention’s second year in operation, in a speech at the International Shipping Conference tonight in London.
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