The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and ETF (European Transport Workers’ Federation) have welcomed a ruling today by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) as a major defeat for Ryanair on workers’ rights.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) says the conservative Australian Government is again trying to kill off cabotage by introducing a Bill today that waters down the rules surrounding foreign ships gaining temporary licences to operate between Australian ports.

An ITF union organising informal workers in Kenya has thanked the federation for helping it win official recognition by persuading the country’s labour court that informal workers need unions.

The ITF and IMEC (the International Maritime Employers’ Council) hosted their first ever joint public event in London, UK yesterday to share the lessons learnt during 14 years of working together. The meeting, Sustainable Partnerships in Shipping, brought together leading figures from across the world of seafaring and shipping to hear about the history – and the future – of cooperation between the two organisations.

A three-strong ITF delegation on a fact-finding and solidarity mission to Turkey has warned that the government there may be preparing a further wave of repression against trade unionists.

The ITF has produced a new booklet to assist unions which organise informal transport workers, based on the learning gained from its three-year project to improve the capacity of unions to organise and represent these workers.

The ITF has produced a toolkit for its seafarer unions to help them lobby governments to implement international guidelines to prevent the unfair treatment of seafarers following accidents and pollution at sea.

There is still time for press and all other interested parties to register to attend IMEC (International Maritime Employers’ Council) and the ITF’s (International Transport Workers’ Federation) first every joint public event, in London tomorrow.

US union members are helping victims of Hurricane Harvey, which has devastated areas of the State of Texas.

Türkiye’de bulunan ITF (Uluslararası Taşımacılık İşçileri Federasyonu) heyeti, bugün yaptığı bir açıklamayla, hükümetin sendikacılara yönelik yeni bir baskı dalgası başlatmanın hazırlığı içinde olabileceği uyarısında bulundu. Bu uyarı, heyetin haksız yere hapsedilmiş olan sendikacı meslektaşlarını ziyaret etmelerine izin verilmemesi ve sendika üyelerine karşı polis şiddetinin sürüyor olmasıyla bağlantılı olarak yapıldı.

An ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) mission to Turkey today warned that the government there may be preparing a further wave of repression against trade unionists. The warning comes as the delegation was prevented from visiting unjustly imprisoned union colleagues, and amid continuing police violence against union members.

The ITF is backing its union ASSA (the Asociación Sindical de Sobrecargos de Aviación) in Mexico, which has announced strike action next week if Aeromar continues to refuse to negotiate the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA).