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Employer responses to Covid-19 in the aviation industry
Report on employer responses to Covid-19 in the aviation industry
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From east to west, dockers unions' unite behind ILWU in US Pacific negotiations
Union leaders from the US East Coast, Canada and international transport worker federations have joined negotiations between dockers and Pacific coast employers in a significant show of solidarity. The International Longshore Workers’ Union (ILWU), which is leading contract talks for US Pacific
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South Korean truck drivers call out alcohol giant from the rooftops as strike continues
Image caption: The ITF’s Noel Coard (pictured right with KPTU’s Wol-San Lim) said 20 million workers stood behind demands for Hite-Jinro to reinstate sacked workers and pay a decent rate South Korea’s biggest alcohol maker Hite-Jinro must pay drivers a decent wage, the International Transport
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ITF delegation joins Felixstowe picket line as managers refuse to negotiate
Dockers on the picket line at the Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container terminal, told a delegation from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) that management is offering a real terms pay cut and refusing to talk. Unite the Union members voted to strike for eight days
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ITF inspectors recover USD$37.6m in unpaid wages
Last year, union ship inspectors recovered more than USD $37 million in unpaid wages owed to seafarers, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has revealed in figures published today. The ITF’s 125 inspectors and coordinators completed 7,265 inspections in 2021 to support thousands of
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ITF inspectors recover USD$37.6m in unpaid wages for seafarers, despite Covid restrictions
Last year, union ship inspectors recovered more than USD $37 million in unpaid wages owed to seafarers, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has revealed in figures published today. The ITF’s 125 inspectors and coordinators completed 7,265 inspections in 2021 to support thousands of
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Fijian Government accused of misusing country’s pension fund putting hundreds of thousands of workers’ futures at risk
Joint press release from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Fiji Trades Union Congress (FTUC). The Bainimarama government has been using the country’s national pension fund as a private cash cow to underwrite risky loans and pay for pet projects, putting the safe
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Seafarers ‘sitting ducks’ as Port of Dakar leaves them without warning lights
The Port of Dakar in Senegal has said it is too busy to rescue a cargo ship at its anchorage which has been without electricity and sidelights for months, putting its seafarers and those on passing ships in grave danger – especially at night. The MV Onda (IMO 8912467) was declared abandoned in
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Without change, corporate greed will force millions of workers into poverty, unions tell Pope’s advisors
Global markets are failing society and need to be fundamentally restructured, unions told the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at a meeting hosted by the Vatican on 9 and 10 August 2022. The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and a delegation of affiliated union leaders from
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Unions warn global recession driven by the greed of corporations and so-called “great powers” will push millions of workers into poverty
An international meeting convened by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) hosted by the Vatican has called on political, economic and business leaders to pull the world back from the brink of recession. Instead of concentrating solely on
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