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Pledges for action after Palestine youth mission
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.
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Advance notice to press – invite to join ITF youth mission on Palestinian truck drivers project visit
Young transport workers representing ITF unions from four countries will visit the Irtah border crossing between Palestine and Israel next week to support the ITF truck drivers project based there.
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Global unions call on EU for action to protect seafood industry workers
The meet will coincide with the Brussels Seafood Expo Global, which brings together more than 2000 fish and aquaculture companies. The European Transport Workers Federation (ETF), International
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Global unions condemn Turkey detention of rights defenders
The ITF, Education International (EI), Public Services International (PSI) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF, the ITF’s European arm) have jointly written to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to condemn his government’s violations of rights and freedoms.
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Global unions protest Peru’s expulsion of union adviser
ITF general secretary Steve Cotton has joined other global union leaders in protesting to Peru over its expulsion on 31 March of union adviser Orhan Akman.
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Workers to benefit from stronger unions in Venezuela
The ITF’s Latin America leaders are supporting trade union efforts in Venezuela to build their strength to better support and represent their members in the country’s transport industry.
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ITF comment on Panama Papers revelations
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is welcoming revelations of tax avoidance and related activities in the leaked Panama Papers this week in the hope that the exposure will lead to a change in the current climate of tacit approval for this kind of socially damaging behaviour.
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ITF unions share successes to mark International Women’s Day
“We’ve set up a desk at headquarters where women can come and raise their issues. We promote it at meetings and social gatherings so that every woman knows that they can get support.”
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Support global action day for fast food workers
Join us in supporting the global day of action for fast food workers on 14 April – that’s the ITF’s message to its member unions.
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ITF delegation lobbying hard at CSW60 for women workers’ rights
The largest ITF delegation to attend the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meetings is speaking up for the rights of women transport workers at the 60th session in New York this week.
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Forced labour in Thai fishing: global unions lodge ILO complaint
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have today submitted a case to the International Labour Organization (ILO) against the government of Thailand. It relates to breaches of ILO Convention 29 on forced labour in the Thai fishing industry. Thailand signed the convention in 1969.
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ITF brings complaint against Philippines over murder of trade unionists
The ITF is joining forces with the National Confederation of Transport Workers’ Unions (NCTU) and the Centre of United and Progressive Workers (SENTRO) to bring a complaint against the government of the Philippines over its failure to adequately investigate the murders and victimisation of a number of trade unionists, including NCTU leader Antonio Petalcorin.
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