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The court in Madurai, India, has delivered its judgment in the appeal case by the crew and guards of the Seaman Guard Ohio. It decided to lift the sentence of five years’ imprisonment against the 35 men that were handed down in January 2016.

ITF called on the Indian government and unions to ensure society benefits from the digital revolution.

A joint ITF-IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association) two-day meeting hosted by the Teamsters and UNITE HERE unions in Baltimore, USA last week examined the common challenges facing airline catering unions around the world.

ITF general secretary Steve Cotton took part in a rally of more than 15,000 railway union members in Gorakhpur, Delhi before attending a national union convention a visit to India this week.

A fresh appeal to protect the freedom and safety of a Libyan trade unionist has been launched by the ITF this week via online platform LabourStart.

Women transport workers from around the world strengthened their commitment to climate justice, ending violence against women and securing a decent future of work for women in the transport industry, during a ground-breaking conference last week.

The ITF, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and allies are out in force at global climate talks to amplify workers’ demands to be at the heart of moves towards climate justice.

The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) has described the coming into force of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 – ILO188 – tomorrow, 16 November as having the potential to open up a new era for millions of fishers worldwide. The ITF has been an active supporter of the new convention from its birth to this new landmark point.

The ITF has told a major International Labour Organization conference in Argentina that child and forced labour were key trade union issues, and that ITF unions would continue to push for change from the bottom up.

The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) has applauded Friday’s victory for workers represented by the GMB union at the Employment Tribunal in London, which threw out Uber’s appeal against its earlier ruling that drivers at the company must be treated as the workers they are.