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‘No voice’ protest during Qatar Airways sponsored festival
Visitors to a Bollywood film festival in Madrid over the weekend were met by a truck featuring a masked and gagged cabin crew member. The truck was driving around the perimeter of the Qatar Airways (QR) sponsored International Indian Film Academy Awards as part of a protest against the company.
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ITF and ETF speak out on UK’s EU exit result
ITF and ETF leaders have vowed that the work of trade unions as guarantors and defenders of tolerance and workers’ rights will continue anew after today’s United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union.
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United Kingdom’s Brexit vote: ITF and ETF comment
Commenting on this morning’s result, ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) president Paddy Crumlin said: “As democrats and trade unionists we respect the decision, hairsbreadth narrow though it was. As democrats and trade unionists we also pledge ourselves to working to preserve the gains made in worker protections in the last decades, and to continue to fight for more.
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At sea for all: celebrate seafarers on 25 June
Say a huge thank you to all those working at sea on 25 June – the International Maritime Organization’s Day of the Seafarer.
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Korean union leader faces harsh sentence – protest now
Unions have got less than two weeks to protest against Korea’s potentially harsh sentencing of a union president.
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Jo Cox MP: in memoriam
Speaking in memory of Jo Cox MP, ITF president and MUA national secretary Paddy Crumlin said:
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Outlaw Oceans author vows to continue investigation
The author of a hard hitting investigation into the dark side of the seas pledged to continue his work at a briefing held at the ITF’s London headquarters yesterday.
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We’re winning protection for workers in global supply chains
The ITF and its affiliates successfully fought for progress on decent work in global supply chains and other important issues for workers at the International Labour Conference (ILC) from 30 May to 10 June.
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ITF welcomes ILO global supply chain justice breakthrough
The ITF is welcoming the announcement made at the ILO (International Labour Organization) International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva on Friday that could lead to the creation of new international standards to protect those working in global supply chains.
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Colombian drivers are organising to improve working conditions and to face transport applications
Last month, taxi drivers in Cartagena, Colombia, gathered to discuss the need to organise, increase their labour benefits and stand up to multinational transport apps that bit by bit are trying to invade their sector.
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Asia Pacific young workers get connected
Young transport workers from ITF unions in Asia Pacific have been learning how to build a network of activists and young leaders so they can play a powerful role in campaigning and organising to win a better deal for working people.
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Unions condemn XPO disciplinary following AGM
Unions on both sides of the Atlantic are up in arms over the decision by XPO to start disciplinary proceedings against Ross Mason from Unite the Union following his participation at the company’s AGM on 11 May.
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