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ITF aviation unions are gearing up for the International Labour Organization’s Global Dialogue Forum on the effects of the global economic crisis on the civil aviation industry, which is taking place in Geneva on 20-22 February 2013. ITF affiliates in 24 countries have already signed up to attend

ITF seafarers’section chair Dave Heindel has echoed the Global Unions’ call to the G8 meeting to put fairness at the heart of their economies and added a plea for the same principles to be applied to the maritime world. He stated: “The Global Unions’ statement to the G8 Lough Erne Summit makes a

Comparisons were drawn this week between the conditions for Irish workers 100 years ago and the struggles they face today. Union leaders gathered at the SIPTU (Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union) conference in Dublin, which started on Monday 7th October. ITF acting general

Dockers in the Pacific Northwest of America have been locked out of their port as a dispute over contract negotiations escalates. Columbia Grain, owned by Japanese company Marubeni, is preventing members of ITF-affiliate the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) from doing their jobs at

Eighty trade union leaders representing urban transport workers from twenty seven countries met last week in Tokyo for the ITF’s first urban transport committee meeting in the Asia/Pacific region. They vowed to develop transport policy, tackle the anti-union behaviour of global multinationals, oppose liberalisation of public transport industries, organise informal transport workers and stand up for the rights of transport workers in the Philippines.

Three high-level representatives of the global union family visited Tumtis workers sacked by DHL Turkey on their picket line at Kirac, near Istanbul, on 2 May. International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) general secretary Sharan Burrow, UNI global union deputy general secretary Christy Hoffman

European pilots and cabin crews organised ‘Walkout for Safety’ actions in the airports of more than 15 European countries on 22 January against the newly-proposed European flight duty time rules. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has drafted rules that allow air crews to be on duty for 20

ITF unions stood up for workers’ rights during the ITF road and rail action week, which ran from 7-13 October. This year’s campaign theme, Transport workers fighting back: organising globally, provided an international spotlight for unions worldwide to highlight issues of local and national concern

The ITF Africa regional conference, which will take place from 23-27 September in Addis Ababa, is ITF Africa’s largest meeting. During the conference there will be an opportunity for delegates to debate and discuss priority areas for Africa’s transport workers. Whether present at the conference in

ITF affiliate the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Company (Vahed Syndicate) marked May Day in Tehran by calling on all Iranian workers and their unions to protest against workers’ rights violations in Iran. In a statement issued on 29 April, the Vahed Syndicate blamed the “dominant