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Karachi dockers win fight to save jobs
Pakistan transport unions defend Karachi Dock Labour Board, protecting 2,700 dockers’ jobs – but brace for struggle to continue. Dockers mobilising in Pakistan have saved the Karachi Dock Labour Board (KDLB) – and with it, the jobs, decent wages and conditions it guarantees for 2,700 dock workers in
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Strong unions need young workers
Young workers are both the present and the future of the global economy. On International Youth Day, 12 August, the ITF’s message is to stress the importance for transport unions to not just recruit young workers, but to actively promote and support young workers’ structures within unions. Every day
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Workers are essential to aviation: lessons from the CrowdStrike outage
As we saw when the recent tech outage hit the aviation industry, workers step in when technology fails. Behind the scenes we know this is a regular occurrence, even as fewer workers are employed because of a supposed reduced need for them. The outage shows that technology's short-term gains come at
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Technological changes at airports and their impact on workers
Across the world airports are introducing new technologies aimed at increasing efficiency, reducing costs and supplementing worker shortages. The rate of change varies across airports – dependent on passenger numbers, airport size, regulatory pressures and the stakeholders involved. Through in-depth
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Alexander Bodnya
With deep regret, the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) mourns the passing of Alexander Mikhailovich Bodnya, Vice-President of the Seafarers Union of Russia (SUR) and President of the SUR Baltic Regional Organization, at the age of 72. Alexander's maritime career began after
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ITF seeks urgent repatriation of seafarers abandoned in Hodeidah - as Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen city
Sixteen seafarers abandoned in Hodeidah Port, with eight trapped on board the Captain Tarek. Sixteen seafarers from Syria and India are stranded in the city of Hodeidah, Yemen, which came under attack from Israeli airstrikes over the weekend. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has
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Terry Snee
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is sad to announce the passing of Terry Snee, former Federal President of the Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers (AIMPE). Terry was AIMPE President for 25 years, from 1993 to 2018. He lost his battle with cancer on Sunday, July 21
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Pavel Krenk
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Pavel Krenk, a revered leader in the global trade union community and long-serving chairman of the Czech Trade Union of Seafarers, who left us on 24 June 2024 at the age of 64. His untimely departure followed a brief but courageous battle with
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