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news Press Release 22 Oct 2019

罢工权是一项基本人权

2019 年 10 月 16 日至 17 日，国际运输工人联盟（ ITF ）的代表出席了加拿大劳资关系委员会（ CIRB ）有关在加拿大蒙特利尔港进行罢工的权利的听证会。蒙特利尔雇主协会（ MEA ）针对 ITF 码头工人同盟工会 CUPE 375 和 ILA 1657 提出的仲裁案件试图侵犯码头工人依法进行罢工的权利。 ITF 总裁帕迪 ·克拉姆林（ Paddy Crumlin ）和来自

Dockers

Latin America

news Press Release 22 Oct 2019

声援参加大选的加拿大运输工人

ITF秘书长斯蒂芬·科顿（Stephen Cotton）关于即将举行的加拿大大选的声明。

news Press Release 19 Sep 2019

新的OECD-ITF报告：欧洲航运业的补贴使欧洲纳税人和工人失望

经合组织（OECD ）和国际运输论坛（ ITF ）发布的关于直接和间接海事补贴目前对欧洲航运业影响的新研究表明，目前的制度使欧洲纳税人和工人失望。工会今天对报告的调查结果表示欢迎，该报告建议重新设计欧洲航运业可用的补贴计划，以提高资金的价值和补贴在保护国内就业、工业脱碳、减少拥堵和污染等方面的效率。欧洲运输工人联合会（ ETF ）代理秘书长利维亚 × 斯佩拉（Livia Spera ）说：

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GENERAL SECRETARY

Stephen Cotton

Stephen Cotton was elected at the 43rd ITF Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2014, re-elected at the 46th ITF Congress in Singapore, 2018 and the 46th ITF Congress in Marrakech, 2024. Under his leadership, the ITF has transformed into a proactive campaigning organisation, allowing the ITF and its affiliates to secure industry-leading contracts and protocols with key multinational companies in the transport sector.

ITF PRESIDENT

Paddy Crumlin

Paddy Crumlin is the President of the ITF, a position he has held since 2010. He is also National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), a role he has held since 2000, National President of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), and a Member of the Executive Board of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).

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