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Port Unions Resolve to Organise Campaign Against DPW
Friday, 12 July 2013, 3:16 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) dockers’ union representatives meeting in Chicago, USA, resolved this week to organise a global campaign highlighting the need for global network terminal operator (GNT) DP World to engage with unions ... More >>
ITF Launches Resource Pack For Tackling HIV/AIDS
Tuesday, 9 July 2013, 2:18 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) will release a new tool for unions fighting the negative effects of HIV/AIDS in the world’s ports today. The official launch will take place at the ITF dockers’ section conference in Chicago, ... More >>
Global Unions Put PWCS On Notice
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 3:25 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
Global union federations the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and IndustriALL Global Union have put Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) – a major coal exporter based in Australia’s Port of Newcastle – on notice that its drastic ... More >>
First container port health and safety study is released
Saturday, 15 June 2013, 12:28 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
The first ever major international study of health and safety in global network terminals is being published today. Conducted by Cardiff University and commissioned by the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation), it has been conducted in cooperation ... More >>
ITF comment on Swanland sinking report
Saturday, 15 June 2013, 12:27 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
After fully studying the United Kingdom Marine Accident Investigation Branch’s (MAIB’s) report into the Swanland sinking, the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has issued the following statement. More >>
Statement On Failure of Qatar’s ICAO Relocation Bid
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 3:15 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
Commenting on the failure and withdrawal of the Qatari government’s bid to have the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) headquarters relocated from Canada to the country’s capital, Doha, ITF president Paddy Crumlin said: “This ... More >>
Black Sea Action to Target ‘Sea of Shame’
Monday, 13 May 2013, 10:55 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
The ITF and its affiliated maritime unions in Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine will be exposing substandard working conditions and fighting for improved safety in what they have described as the ‘Black Sea of shame’, next ... More >>
Rail Union and Intl Organisations Launch Thai Govt Complaint
Friday, 3 May 2013, 12:47 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), its affiliated union the State Railway Workers’ Union of Thailand (SRUT), the Thai State Enterprises Workers’ Relations Confederation (SERC), and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) ... More >>
International federation sounds US airspace warning
Friday, 26 April 2013, 4:49 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today warned that the operation of the USA’s National Airspace System is being put in danger by compulsory furloughing (being put on involuntary leave) of Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control ... More >>
Hong Kong port strike update
Friday, 26 April 2013, 1:06 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
This is the current situation in the Port of Hong Kong, where subcontracted workers have now been on strike for 28 days. Despite the continuation of the strike, there have been several developments in this dispute. More >>
ITF comment on Shahabi's return to jail
Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 11:12 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
Commenting on the recall to jail of Reza Shahabi, treasurer of the ITF’s affiliate the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, ITF general secretary David Cockroft stated: “This is deeply disappointing. There were and are convincing ... More >>
ITF president meets Hong Kong dockers in solidarity mission
Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 10:33 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
ITF president and chair of the ITF dockers’ section Paddy Crumlin attended a solidarity meeting with striking dockworkers at the Port of Hong Kong this afternoon. Addressing members of the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD), Mr Crumlin said that systematic ... More >>
ITF to warn LATAM unions over Chile national airline sacking
Friday, 5 April 2013, 11:08 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
The ITF has today (4 April) expressed its condemnation of dismissals at Chile national airline LAN, which merged with Brazilian TAM Airlines in December 2011 to form LATAM Airlines Group (LATAM). More >>
Global "families' day" shows support for DHL Turkey workers
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 11:03 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
Union members and supporters will hold a global DHL Families’ Day tomorrow to back the families of workers at logistics giant DHL in Turkey who have faced dismissal and aggression by the company. More >>
Piracy survivors’ group backs new film
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 10:59 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) is backing the film A Hijacking , which it describes as “brutally accurate in its depiction of the horror inflicted on the victims of pirate attacks”. More >>
ITF proposes Said Elhairech for trade union rights award
Thursday, 28 February 2013, 12:13 pm | International Transport Workers' Federation
The ITF (International Transport Workers Federation) today proposed embattled Moroccan trade unionist Said Elhairech for the Febe Elisabeth Velasquez prize, an international award that recognises those who take personal risks to defend trade union rights ... More >>
ITF condemns 'utterly unbelievable' Moroccan court decisions
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 11:53 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
The ITF has condemned as ‘utterly unbelievable’ a totally unexpected decision by a court in Morocco to jail trade union leaders Said Elhairech and Mohamed Chamchati. More >>
Bangladesh ferry sinking, ITF comment
Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 11:48 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
Commenting on Friday’s Bangladesh ferry sinking, Nick Bramley, chair of the ITF inland navigation section and Nautilus International national secretary in Switzerland, said: “This is another totally avoidable accident that – like so many in Asia ... More >>
Thomson Majesty lifeboat accident, ITF comment
Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 11:47 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
Commenting on the loss of five lives during a lifeboat practice launch on the Thomson Majesty, Bjorn-Erik Kristoffersen, the ITF's representative on the lifeboat working group of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee, said: "This is a sad and awful accident, ... More >>
Bob Carnegie case: ITF statement
Friday, 8 February 2013, 11:41 am | International Transport Workers' Federation
ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) president Paddy Crumlin today spoke out in defence of trade unionist Bob Carnegie and in strong condemnation of legal actions taken against him by the Lend Lease company of Australia. More >>
