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The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), representing around 700 unions with over 4.5 million members in some 150 countries, today called for the democratic electoral processes in Venezuela to be respected. The ITF welcomed the election on 14 April of Nicolás Maduro Moros, former

The first meeting of a new network of women in Egypt’s transport unions took place last month. Twenty-five women representatives from the civil aviation, public transport and maritime transport sectors attended. They elected a board of directors comprising 11 women and agreed that the main objective

The ITF and its member unions from the civil aviation sector will be upholding safety and decent working conditions at a crucial ILO (International Labour Organization) meeting opening in Geneva today. The three day event – known as a global dialogue forum (GDF) – has been called to tackle the

Rail union RMT announced on 1 February that in a ballot of staff working for London Underground’s Trainpeople agency contract, members have voted unanimously for strike action. The ballot resulted from the termination of a deal that will make dozens of staff unemployed in spite of Agency Worker

The ITF has welcomed the provisional five day release of sick Iranian prisoner Reza Shahabi, treasurer of the ITF’s affiliate the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company.
 
Following a three-week protest hunger strike, Shahabi was released yesterday on the grounds of his deteriorating

The ITF has condemned as ‘utterly unbelievable’ a totally unexpected decision by a court in Morocco to jail trade union leaders Said Elhairech and Mohamed Chamchati.Elhairech the general secretary of the Moroccan Ports Union, part of the ITF-affiliated UMT, and chair of the ITF Arab World regional

World dockers’ union representatives meeting in London today unanimously backed the involvement of Unite the Union at the London Gateway terminal. Speaking from the meeting of the ITF’s dockers’ section committee, which brings together ports union leaders from around the world, ITF president and

German union ver.di is sending a delegation to Turkey in support of the workers sacked by DHL Turkey in 2012. The solidarity visit, the second in three months, will take place from 3-5 February. This support is particularly important to the dismissed workers and their union Tumtis as DHL Turkey is

Commenting on the recall to jail of Reza Shahabi, treasurer of the ITF’s affiliate the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, ITF general secretary David Cockroft stated : “This is deeply disappointing. There were and are convincing medical reasons for Reza to be released, and even

Dockers’ unions in Hong Kong have joined forces to demand improvements in pay and conditions for port workers working for outsourcing companies. The port industry is currently booming in Hong Kong with container terminals across the country reported to have handled over 25 million TEUS during 2012