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Press conference Thursday: ITF mission to Swaziland reports
Swaziland and South Africa-based media are invited to a press conference in Mbabane, Swaziland, on Thursday to hear the results of a two day fact-finding mission to...
Global unions applaud NZ ‘slave ships’ progress
Global unions the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) and IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural and Hospitality Workers) today applauded the...
ITF unions act on Philippines disaster
ITF unions have been taking action to relieve the suffering of those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. Trade unions in the Philippines have been distributing food, drink...
Clock ticking on Fowey ship arrest
A ship detained at Fowey, United Kingdom, for multiple safety and accommodation failings will face arrest at 17:00 BST today unless the owners pay the crew the...
Crumlin blasts Aurizon lockout
ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) president Paddy Crumlin today described Australian rail freight operator Aurizon’s lockout of 200 freight...
ITF calls on South Korean government to release railway workers
The ITF last week wrote to the South Korean government to call for the release of three railway workers who have been detained pending trial following a rail...
Protests at plans to exempt ships from New Zealand reflag
The Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and Rail and Maritime Transport Union of New Zealand have protested at plans to exclude some ships from a law to reflag...
Turkish union secures DHL bargaining deal
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and UNI Global Union today congratulated Turkey’s TUMTIS union, which has secured a nationwide collective...