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ITF acting general secretary Steve Cotton last week heard directly from workers in Sweden on issues that matter to them on a short fact finding trip to the country. Visiting Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, Cotton spoke with Scandinavian airline workers and saw many aspects of daily work at a large

Global union federations the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and UNI Global Union announced last week that Turkey’s TUMTIS union has secured recognition from DHL as the lawful union of choice for DHL Turkey Supply Chain staff. The announcement that DHL will not contest TUMTIS’

The ITF today raised the case of three sacked Vahed Syndicate bus drivers directly with the Iranian government. ITF general secretary David Cockroft called for the men’s reinstatement in letters to the country’s president and labour minister, after being alerted to their dismissals by the ITF

The ITF and the ITF Seafarers’ Trust have donated a total of GBP10,000 (USD15,000) at a fundraising event for an African maritime charity where support also came in the shape of a 17-strong ITF/Seafarers’ Trust team. The event, held in London, UK, featured 76 teams of volunteers who took part in a

The ITF last week slammed ongoing trade union rights violations in Bahrain, highlighting the experience of the Bahrain Airport Service (BAS) union, a member of ITF-affiliated General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU). Back in 2011, thousands of BAS workers were dismissed from work

The top management of National Express Group (NEX) was once again under heavy fire at its shareholders’ meeting on 9 May in London over its industrial relationship in America. Trade unionists as well as a British MP and a representative of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum urged the company to

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