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Global conference puts workers’ capital in spotlight
A global conference looking at the issues, implications and next steps around the workers’ capital agenda is being hosted by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) this week.
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Global campaign launched to end sackings and union busting at Polish port
A global campaign is being launched in support of Maciek Konopka and his colleagues at Deepwater Container Terminal (DCT) Gdansk as union-busting activity by management reaches new heights.
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Agreement with port management ends Mumbai hunger strike
A hunger strike at Gateway Terminals India (GTI) Mumbai that lasted for 17 days has come to an end after management of port operator APM Terminals (APMT) agreed to address union demands over a group of operations and maintenance staff.
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Joint ETF-ITF press release: Europe's dockworkers' unions brace for overcapacity in container transportation
On August 26 and 27 dockworkers’ unions in the ‘Hamburg-Le Havre Range’ (comprising all major seaports in Germany, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom and Belgium) will meet in Rotterdam to discuss the threats of overcapacity and on-going automation of terminals. They will also examine the expansion of global terminal operator DP World in Europe.
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Credit to union power as Aden Port reopens
ITF affiliated union, the Labour Committee for Aden Container Terminal, has announced the reopening of Aden port.
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Global campaign launched as waste crisis causes growing health risk at Port of Beirut
“We will not accept our port becoming the capital’s dumping ground.”
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ITF challenges HPH over Australia and Indonesia worker treatment
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is challenging Hutchison Ports Holdings (HPH) over its behaviour at port facilities in Indonesia and Australia.
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Polish dockers protest in bid for ‘life with dignity’
Dock workers in Poland staged a protest last Tuesday (21 July) in their ongoing struggle for freedom of association and collective bargaining rights at the Port of Gdansk.
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Cotton urges Indonesian president to intervene over terminal concession extension
The ITF has urged the Indonesian president to intervene over the extension of the concession for the Jakarta International Container Terminal that has been granted to Hutchison Port Holdings by the Indonesia Port Company (IPC).
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Trade unionists launch Fair Transport Europe initiative to urge EC action
A group of trade unionists sponsored by the ETF – the ITF’s European arm – submitted a formal request to the European Commission on 13 July to launch a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) called Fair Transport Europe.
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Successes for ITF action weeks
Concerted action by the ITF and maritime unions on two continents in one week was successful in bringing support to seafarers working and living in sub-standard conditions, and in spreading the word about the role of trade unions in protecting seafarers and their rights under international maritime law.
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Youth activism ‘steps up ten gears’ at ITF summer school
A union training facility in Washington is the setting for the ITF young transport workers’ summer school this week.
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