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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...

Trade unions must act now on climate change
Twenty activists from 14 countries came together in Johannesburg last week to determine the next steps in the fight against climate change. Participants at the...

New ITF Seafarers app available now
Following on from the success of earlier seafarer apps, the new ITF Seafarers app launched for IOS and Android last week. In March, the ITF launched two separate...

ITF Americas goes digital
The ITF today launched a brand new regional conference website for its forthcoming Latin America and Caribbean conference – the last regional conference in the...

Americas conference sets out model for the future
The conference featured a week of intense work, debate and activities, culminating in the agreement of a strategic work plan for use across the region. This centred...