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Message to XPO: ‘fix it now or face the consequences’
Unions representing workers at XPO companies worldwide have issued the clearest challenge yet to the company to halt its anti-union policies and cut a fair deal for its workers.
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ITF and UITP unite to promote public transport to tackle climate change
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and the UITP (International Association of Public Transport) are joining forces to put public transport at the forefront of tackling climate change.
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¡No Pasarán! The ITF and the Spanish Civil War
Global union federation the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today releases an illustrated booklet recounting the organisation’s fight to support the lawful Republic during the Spanish Civil War, and how the lessons it learnt there allowed it to work with Allied intelligence to fight Nazism in World War Two.
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#WeAreITF – Asia Pacific regional conference inspires ‘renewed vigour and determination’
The ITF Asia Pacific region is growing in numbers and in strength.
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ITF forges way ahead for road and rail. #WeAreITF!
Members of ITF road and rail unions worldwide meet in Belgium today to set the agenda for the future of those transport sectors. One of their first actions will be to rally in central Brussels against European Union plans that could undermine worker protections and quality transport.
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World road and rail meeting begins Monday
Global union federation the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) begins a week-long conference in Brussels on Monday that will confront the issues facing rail and road workers – and passengers – worldwide. One of their first actions will be to rally in the city against the European Union’s proposed fourth railway package.
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Advance notice to press: Brussels rail protest
Next Monday 5 December trade union representatives and leaders from 42 countries worldwide will join a rally in central Brussels against the European Union’s proposed fourth railway package.
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Asia Pacific unions meet to reinforce agenda for building union power in the region
Trade union delegates representing transport workers from across the Asia Pacific region will meet in Tokyo, Japan this week for their regional International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) conference. The event runs from 28-30 November.
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ITF Asia Pacific regional conference kicks off #WeAreITF
The ITF Asia Pacific regional conference kicks off on Monday. More than 250 delegates from across the region will meet in Tokyo, Japan from 28-30 November for one of the first ITF Pathway to Congress events.
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Global union leaders join Korea workers’ demonstrations
A high-level delegation of global union leaders joined demonstrations in South Korea on 12 November to protest against the government’s brutal crackdown on democratic rights and criminalisation of trade union activity.
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Norwegian rail union elects first woman leader
In a historic move, Jane B Sæthre has been unanimously elected the first woman president of ITF union the Norwegian Railway Association in its 124 years.
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Joint press release: Global unions in solidarity with Korean workers’ fight for democracy
A high-level delegation of global union leaders is joining demonstrations taking place tomorrow in South Korea to protest against the brutal crackdown on democratic rights and the criminalisation of trade union activity by the government of President Park Geun-hye They will also back calls for the resignation of President Park, who is enmeshed in a huge corruption scandal.
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