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Employees working for Qantas are unable to pay bills, take out bank loans or support their families because of forced part time hours and poor conditions, the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) in Australia has said.

A vessel which had already been detained following a Port State Control inspection by MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency) surveyors in Cardiff, Wales, has been issued with a further detainable deficiency notice after it was discovered the crew had not been paid for many months.

Durham School Services bus drivers and monitors in Santa Rosa, Florida voted by 85-1 to ratify their first collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on 15 October after a three-year legal battle with the company.

Commitment to a protocol designed to improve industrial relations between global logistics giant DP-DHL and trade unions representing its workers, has been renewed via a meeting in Panama.

The ITF has used a high level meeting in Panama to make major national and international decisions. It chose the country as the location for its executive board to meet last week in recognition of its status as a key global transport hub, and in line with Panama’s role in the ITF’s plans for building the future of work.

Global union federation the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) have raised fresh concerns about the safety of the new locks on the Panama Canal and a growing threat of privatisation of its members in the Panama Canal at a press conference in Panama City today.

Global trade union leaders meeting in Panama have united in condemnation of TiSA (the Trade in Services Agreement and CETA (the Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement). The representatives, who were attending a key ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) meeting, highlighted the risks that both trade agreements pose to jobs and job security.

The global union federation for the world’s transport workers begins a top-level meeting in Panama today. The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has chosen the country as venue for the meeting in recognition of the nation’s status as a key global transport hub and component of the Federation’s plans for building the future of work.

The ITF is urging its rail unions to support train drivers in Norway, who stepped up their strike to defend their safety and training standards on 6 October.

“I’ve learned a lot from the summer school and I hope that there will more similar events in Arab world region, the social dialogue and freedom of speech between attendants was great, we should implement these skills on the ground.”