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ITF unions from Sweden and Germany have joined together to put pressure on IKEA to take responsibility for exploitation in its European road transport supply chain.

ITF president and chair of the ITF dockers' section, Paddy Crumlin, and ITF general secretary, Steve Cotton, address the following message to the members of the International Longshoremen's Association, the ILA.

The ITF and the ETF, along with their members FSC CCOO and FESMC UGT, have today condemned the Spanish government’s refusal to be part of the negotiations in the dispute over port labour reform, as the dockworkers’ unions announce strikes from 6 March.

A scheme to build power and strength for transport unions in the ITF Asia Pacific region reached a key milestone this week.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is pleased to announce that the 12 strong crew of the Malaviya 20 – the ship abandoned in Great Yarmouth, UK in June last year – finally began their journey home on Tuesday, complete with all the wages they were owed.

Uber drivers in Qatar and New Delhi, India taking strike action over cuts in fares which are reducing their earnings have received strong support from the ITF family.

A union awareness week in January by the ITF and the Independent Federation of Myanmar Seafarers (IFOMS) persuaded 125 seafarers to become union members for the first time.

International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) unions are taking action today to demand that IKEA takes responsibility for exploitation in its European road transport supply chain.

Trade unions from the FBTTT (Federación Bolivariana de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras del sector Transporte, Afines y Conexos) in Venezuela participated in an organising and strengthening seminar last week.

‘A vibrant, dynamic event laying out a clear work programme to congress 2018.’