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Rage in the Red Sea

While shipping companies profit from the Red Sea crisis, seafarers are paying the price. When the Houthis of Yemen announced that they would target Israeli-linked international shipping in the Red Sea in November last year, few would have believed that the turmoil of their attacks would be
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Remarkable women in Uganda

Reporting on the ‘ Remarkable Women Who Move the World’ work done by ITF with Women Mobilize Women (WMW), we look at the work done in Uganda. “In the beginning, there was a lot of disrespect. A passenger would refuse to enter the taxi because it’s a woman driving”. Nabaweesi Lydia - taxi driver and
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Remarkable women in Brazil

In the first of our features looking at the ‘ Remarkable Women Who Move the World’ project work done by ITF with Women Mobilize Women (WMW) we are taking an in depth look at the work done Brazil. “I have to be a trade unionist because I don’t want other women to go through what I went through in
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India dockers win fight for new pay deal

Major strike called off after last minute pay offer – which should have come nearly three years ago. Dockers working across India’s 12 major state-run ports have called off an indefinite strike scheduled to start today – Wednesday – after accepting an 8.5% pay rise, improved conditions and pensions
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Indian rail unions win massive pensions breakthrough

Millions of workers stand to benefit now that the Indian government has agreed to long-standing union demands for a major uplift of their national pension scheme for central government employees. This historic win is a culmination of two decades of ceaseless campaigning led by the International
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