ITF acting general secretary Steve Cotton has joined 110 international labour rights organisations and activists in an effort to get Natural Fruit in Thailand to drop its legal case against a labour rights researcher.
The ITF’s Gaza emergency appeal fund has topped 134,000 USD as the federation delivered its second shipment of desperately needed aid to Palestinians in the conflict zone.
David Cockroft, who joined the ITF in 1985 and first served as its general secretary in 1993, received a standing ovation as he made his goodbye speech to the organisation at its 43rd congress in Sofia yesterday.
The ITF’s largest affiliate in Uganda has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Entebbe Stage Drivers and Conductors’ Association, boosting its membership to close on 9,000.
Fact sheet on tinned tuna. This is a highly popular low cost source of protein, and, after prawns/shrimp, is the world’s second most popular seafood product in terms of value and volume traded: In 2008, total global tuna consumption was valued at USD7.5 billion.
The IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural and Hospitality Workers) and ITF are urging international support for local campaigners fighting for the reinstatement of workers sacked by the Citra Mina Group of Companies in the Philippines.
This module aims to create awareness among civil aviation union of the immediate and long-term dangers stemming from an expansion of FOC practices in the global civil aviation industry. This publication is available in the following languages that cannot be dowloaded from the site: Chinese, Thai and