Stop the sacking of air traffic controllers in the Dominican Republic

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Members of the ITF’s affiliated air traffic controllers’ union in the Dominican Republic, ADCA, have faced sackings, demotions and harassment including arrests in their quest to make the authorities address safety issues.

Sacked workers undertaking peaceful protests have been arrested on four occasions in the last two weeks and union officials have also been taken into custody. The ITF Americas regional secretary, Antonio Fritz, was arrested and subsequently released on 9 February. 

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Jimmy Donovan

The ITF joins the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and transport unions globally in mourning the loss of Jimmy Donovan, a former Waterside Workers' Federation (WWF) and MUA Sydney Branch official
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Dr Susan Michaelis

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) mourns the loss of Dr Susan Michaelis, a pioneering voice for aviation safety and a tireless campaigner for lobular breast cancer research, who
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