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International outrage at South Korea’s illegal, heavy-handed attempts to break strike
The South Korean government is flagrantly denying workers their basic rights by issuing ‘return-to-work’ orders to truck drivers striking over safety laws. The...
UN & ILO must urgently intervene as South Korea weighs forcing striking drivers back to work
On day five of truck drivers’ strike in Korea, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) asks the ILO and UN for urgent intervention to halt...
Truck strike: South Korean government risks people’s lives and economic damage by reneging on safety law promise
At least 25,000 truckers are expected to join an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to live up to its promises on Safe Rates legislation An...
Breakthrough on loss and damage, attempts to sideline labour standards
The global climate summit, COP27, concluded today with a breakthrough on the Global South’s decades-long call for a fund to pay for climate-related loss and...
Eswatini: ITF condemns violent attacks on transport workers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has called on the Government of Eswatini to end violent attacks on transport workers. Last week, on10...
South Korean truck drivers call out alcohol giant from the rooftops as strike continues
Image caption: The ITF’s Noel Coard (pictured right with KPTU’s Wol-San Lim) said 20 million workers stood behind demands for Hite-Jinro to reinstate sacked...
ITF and UNI bolster agreement with DPDHL to include due diligence and human rights in its supply chain
The Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) Group, the ITF and UNI Global Union have reviewed and strengthened their joint OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and...
Deutsche Post DHL Group adopts a new OECD Protocol together with the global union federations ITF and UNI and presents a joint work plan for the first time
Bonn, August 9, 2022: The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), UNI Global Union (UNI) and Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) Group have reviewed and...