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Said Elhairech Announces Hunger Strike Plan
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 3:15 pm | ITF Press Officer
Detained Moroccan trade union leader Said Elhairech has announced that he will begin a hunger strike next week in protest at his continuing detention on fantastical charges of sabotage and endangering national security. More >>
ITF Applauds O'Grady Appointment
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 2:13 pm | ITF Press Officer
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today welcomed the election of Frances O’Grady as the next general secretary of the British TUC (Trades Union Congress). More >>
ITF Condemns Planned Statoil Lockout, Urges Negotiations
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 12:43 pm | ITF Press Officer
9 July 2012 ITF Condemns Planned Statoil Lockout, Urges Negotiations The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today strongly advised Norwegian oil producer Statoil to step back from a planned lockout of its workforce tomorrow. The Norwegian oil ... More >>
ITF Reports On Moroccan Unionist meeting
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 12:39 pm | ITF Press Officer
9 July 2012 ITF Reports On Moroccan Unionist meeting The ITF is hoping for positive results in the case of detained trade unionist Said Elhairech after a meeting with Moroccan diplomats in London. ITF general secretary David Cockroft and ITF maritime ... More >>
ITF Decries Turkish Anti-Union Raids
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 3:56 pm | ITF Press Officer
26 June 2012 ITF Decries Turkish Anti-Union Raids Global union the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today unequivocally condemned yesterday’s multiple raids of the offices of KESK, the Turkish confederation of public workers’ unions, ... More >>
Asia-Pacific seafarers say further action on piracy needed
Monday, 11 June 2012, 5:12 pm | ITF Press Officer
Piracy will be high on the high on the agenda of the ITF’s (International Transport Workers’ Federation) 2012 Asia Pacific Seafarers and Fisheries committee. More >>
National Express Group’s US ‘Human Rights’ Record Under Fire
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 9:14 am | ITF Press Officer
Unite Press Release Wednesday, 9 May 2012 National Express Group’s US ‘Human Rights’ Record Under Fire At AGM National Express Group will be accused of pushing human rights in its North American operations ‘to the edge of the letter of the ... More >>
Hull Ship’s Crew ‘Has Had Enough’
Tuesday, 1 May 2012, 8:38 am | ITF Press Officer
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has been called to assist the crew of the Liberian registered 2,997GT tanker Leon, which is anchored outside the UK port of Hull. More >>
Comment On Reza Shahabi Prison Sentence
Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 3:57 pm | ITF Press Officer
Commenting on the reported six year jail sentence handed down to Vahed Syndicate board member Reza Shahabi, ITF general secretary David Cockroft said: “This sentence is outrageous. A man whose health is failing is being condemned to years of imprisonment ... More >>
Comment: Unite Petrol Drivers’ Vote
Monday, 2 April 2012, 9:29 am | ITF Press Officer
Commenting on the vote for industrial action by petrol tanker drivers represented by its member union Unite, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) general secretary, David Cockroft, said: “The scale of the turnout and the size ... More >>
ITF Condemns Fiji Military Government’s Air Pacific Grab
Monday, 2 April 2012, 9:28 am | ITF Press Officer
Global union the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today condemned the Fijian military government’s cynical pretence that its seizure of full ownership of the island’s Air Pacific airline is in the national interest. ITF president ... More >>
ITF President Flies In For Crisis Talks on Ports of Auckland
Thursday, 29 March 2012, 1:44 pm | ITF Press Officer
Thursday March 29, 2012 ITF President Flies In For Crisis Talks on Ports of Auckland International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) President Paddy Crumlin is in Auckland today for crisis talks about the future of Ports of Auckland Limited. Mr ... More >>
ITF Condemns 'Car Crash' Decision By POAL Managers
Friday, 23 March 2012, 9:20 am | ITF Press Officer
22 March 2012 ITF Condemns 'Car Crash' Decision By POAL Managers Global union the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today described POALs lockout decision as “unbelievable, unlawful and practically suicidal”. ITF president ... More >>
Seafarers' Trust Celebrates 30 Years - Welfare Event London
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 3:56 pm | ITF Press Officer
21 March 2012 Seafarers' Trust Celebrates 30 Years With Welfare Event In London The ITF Seafarers’ Trust will celebrate its 30th birthday with a conference in London tomorrow exploring how best to provide for the welfare needs of the world’s ... More >>
Ports Of Auckland Undertaking: ITF Comment
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 8:59 am | ITF Press Officer
Commenting on Ports of Auckland’s undertaking to halt plans to make nearly 300 dockers redundant, cease outsourcing operations, and re-enter negotiations with the Maritime Union of New Zealand, ITF president Paddy Crumlin said: More >>
International Unions Put New Zealand On Notice Over Attacks
Thursday, 15 March 2012, 10:29 am | ITF Press Officer
14 March 2012 The powerful group of global unions – which between them represent tens of millions of unionised workers – today said they are now on ‘red alert’ over the treatment of workers in New Zealand that is being dramatically illustrated ... More >>
ITF Redoubles Support For NZ Dockers
Friday, 9 March 2012, 10:13 am | ITF Press Officer
The ITF today promised redoubled action in support of Port of Auckland dockers who have been told they are being made compulsorily redundant. The decision by Ports of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson rejects a negotiated solution and dramatically escalates ... More >>
ITF Warns Port Of Auckland Is ‘On Brink’
Friday, 20 January 2012, 12:47 pm | ITF Press Officer
Emerging from a meeting with international dockers trade union representatives at the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) in London today, ITF president and MUA (Maritime Union of Australia) general secretary Paddy Crumlin, and ITF general ... More >>
Statement on Costa Concordia sinking
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 10:40 am | ITF Press Officer
ITF general secretary David Cockroft stated: “This is a human tragedy that came close to being even worse than it was. We understand that six people are currently known to be dead and 10 missing, six of them seafarers. The wellbeing of their families ... More >>
Aviation Trade Unionist Is Latest Victim Of Fiji Government
Monday, 16 January 2012, 2:06 pm | ITF Press Officer
Fijian trade unionist Rajeshwar Singh is the latest victim of the military-led Fijian government's determination to silence dissent. He has been removed from the country's Air Terminal Services board on the orders of the government for supporting calls ... More >>
