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ITF calls on activists to join global Walmart campaign
The ITF this week called on affiliates to join workers around the world and demand good jobs at Walmart companies and along the Walmart supply chain. The global action week, coordinated by ITF’s
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Unions look ahead at West Africa road transport seminars
Road transport workers from across West Africa recently came together in Cotonou, Benin to discuss common challenges and develop a strategy for change. From 8-10 April the first implementation seminar
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ITF urges Romania to act over metro negotiations
The ITF has written to the Romanian transport minister to express its concern over the failure of negotiations to conclude a new collective agreement between the Metrorex management and its affiliate
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ITF urges action over container weights
The ITF is calling on governments and industry bodies to back a proposed amendment that will tackle the dangers posed by unweighed or mis-declared shipping containers. The amendment – to the existing
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Piracy survivors’ group backs new film
The ITF Seafarers Trust and the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) hosted a packed press screening of the film A Hijacking, which they describe as possibly “the first genuinely
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ITF calls for democracy respect in Venezuela
The ITF has called for the democratic electoral processes in Venezuela to be respected, following the ‘welcome’ election on 14 April of Nicholas Maduro Moros, former leader of the ITF affiliated
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EVG success in rail pay talks
The Railway and Transport Union (EVG) in Germany announced a successful outcome to the 2013 wage negotiations with Deutsche Bahn AG on 25 March. The collective agreement, described as “respectable” by
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Advance notice to press: Handing over of letter of protest in Châtel-St-Denis, Switzerland, September 26
Members of the press are invited to attend the public handing over of a letter of protest next Thursday 26 September at the headquarters of Swiss-based offshore pipeline installation and subsea
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Ver.di clean sweep on Deutsche Post supervisory board
At a packed meeting on 11 April in Berlin, ver.di won all 10 worker representative seats on the Deutsche Post DHL supervisory board, which oversees the company'sex ecutive board of managers and the
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ITF: ‘The struggle for container weights safety continues’
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today pledged to continue the struggle for container weight safety after what it described as a missed opportunity to reduce the risk of harm to
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ITF: ‘The struggle for container weights safety continues’
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today pledged to continue the struggle for container weight safety after what it described as a missed opportunity to reduce the risk of harm to
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Qatar Airways inclusion 'disgraces oneworld alliance'
Qatar Airways’ imminent membership of world aviation grouping the oneworld alliance – which includes global giants such as British Airways and American Airlines – was today branded “a disgrace” by the
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