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International solidarity for Liverpool’s striking dockers
Global transport unions will be joining 560 Liverpool striking dockers on the picket line at the Port of Liverpool, as port operator Mersey Docks and Harbour...
From east to west, dockers unions' unite behind ILWU in US Pacific negotiations
Union leaders from the US East Coast, Canada and international transport worker federations have joined negotiations between dockers and Pacific coast employers in...
ITF delegation joins Felixstowe picket line as managers refuse to negotiate
Dockers on the picket line at the Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container terminal, told a delegation from the International Transport Workers’...
Victory for seafarers’ safety as Dutch court sides with unions on container lashing
Unions have secured an important victory in the campaign for seafarers’ safety this week as a Dutch court has ruled that ship managers, ship owners and charterers...
German dock workers gain international backing over inflation protection strikes
Maritime unions are mobilising support for German ITF affiliate ver.di as the union battles port companies for an inflation-proof pay deal covering 12,000 dock...
Common sense and international solidarity prevail: Ports of Auckland abandons failed automation drive
The world’s largest global transport union, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), has joined the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) in...
Pre-election national fleet tantrum shows it’s time for industry to abandon Shipping Australia Limited
Shipping experts have welcomed a ‘unity ticket’ on Australian jobs and fuel security ahead of the country’s election Saturday. But the ITF and its affiliates...