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Aviation unions building powerful global movement that can win

Aviation unions building powerful global movement that can win Aviation workers have put forward a bold strategy to fight corporate greed and revive their industry from the impacts of decades of privatisation, deregulation and fragmentation at the ITF’s Civil Aviation Conferenc...

Road transport unions shifting power to workers

Road transport unions shifting power to workers The road transport industry is in a crisis that demands urgent action to protect workers and tackle extreme exploitation, safety risks, and the ongoing strain of labour shortages caused by a lack of decent pay and conditi...

Fighting unfair competition, raising standards, building regulations - for Inland Navigation

Fighting unfair competition, raising standards, building regulations - for Inland Navigation Across the globe, the ITF and its affiliates face wide-ranging struggles to secure better conditions for inland waterways crew.Whether tug and towage workers or riverboat crews, and whether c...

ITF Congress 2024 opens in Marrakech with call for plan to move the world forward

ITF Congress 2024 opens in Marrakech with call for plan to move the world forward As the 46th International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Congress opens in Marrakech, Morocco, more than 2,000 transport trade unionists from ITF affiliates around the world united to move the wo...

ITF Congress opens in Marrakech: Transport workers unite to Move the World Forward

ITF Congress opens in Marrakech: Transport workers unite to Move the World Forward Marrakech, 13 October 2024 – Over 2,000 transport workers from across the world have gathered at the 46th International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) Congress which officially opened today in Mar...

Stand with Argentinian aviation workers and defend the right to strike

Stand with Argentinian aviation workers and defend the right to strike etheridge_renn… 12 Oct 2024 Milei’s far- right government is making a concerted attempt to break the unions that represent aviation workers in Argentina. Its latest attempt has been to file criminal charges on ex...

Crackdown on rights at odds with public opinion: 89% of people around the world want more protections for workers

Crackdown on rights at odds with public opinion: 89% of people around the world want more protections for workers There is overwhelming public support for transport workers’ rights and union demands, new ITF global poll reveals.Released ahead of the opening of the 46th International ...

INDIAN GOVERNMENT: TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DECENT WORK AND ROAD SAFETY

INDIAN GOVERNMENT: TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DECENT WORK AND ROAD SAFETY etheridge_renn… 10 Oct 2024 At the end of 2023, the Indian government passed a new Criminal Code (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, BNS), which is undemocratic and authoritarian. One clause – 106(2), the ‘Hit and Run Law’...

German union urges Lufthansa to avoid Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott hotels where workers are on strike in the US

German union urges Lufthansa to avoid Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott hotels where workers are on strike in the US ver.di, the German union, is calling for Lufthansa Group to stop using Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott hotels to provide layover accommodation for their crew, during the current s...

Workers deserve peace and dignity, not war

Workers deserve peace and dignity, not war On 7 October each year, workers across the globe mark ‘World Day for Decent Work’. This year, however, the date carries even deeper significance as the world marks the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel and the start of Israe...

Global solidarity with Argentinian aviation workers under attack

Global solidarity with Argentinian aviation workers under attack Global union leaders joined together today to collectively denounce draconian attacks on workers’ rights by Argentine President Javier Milei.  After declaring their intention to privatise Aerolíneas Argentin...

ILA shuts down US East Coast in fight for fair contract

ILA shuts down US East Coast in fight for fair contract Ports all along the East Coast hit as International Longshoremen’s Association strikes for first time since 1977.Dockers from the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike as of midnight today (Tuesday), shut...

Dockers around the world stand in steadfast solidarity with International Longshoremen’s Association

Dockers around the world stand in steadfast solidarity with International Longshoremen’s Association As the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) begins strike action on the USA’s East Coast, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) joins the Maritime Union...

ITF Congress 2024 Map and Schedule

ITF Congress 2024 Map and Schedule Check out the ITF Congress 2024 Map and Schedule to find out when and where you need to be to make the most of your time in Marrakech.   etheridge_renn… 01 Oct 2024 ...

Palestine: Global unions file ILO complaint to recover wages of over 200,000 Palestinian workers in Israel

Palestine: Global unions file ILO complaint to recover wages of over 200,000 Palestinian workers in Israel A complaint against the Israeli government for blatant violations of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Protection of Wages Convention has been filed by ten global t...

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