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A cross-sectoral global union training seminar was held in Grangemouth, Scotland last week on the industrial hubs programme, a joint initiative between the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and Brussels based global union federation IndustriALL.

“We have mind blowing potential here in this room!” That was one of the comments from ITF industrial hubs programme coordinator Mark Lyon during the opening session of training workshops for the programme in Scotland last week.

Following consultations with the ITF, major Philippines-based manning agent Magsaysay Maritime Corporation has announced a number of forward-looking initiatives on HIV/AIDS and seafaring.

A Berlin conference organised by Germany’s Friedrich-Ebert Foundation (FES) last week brought together global union workers for an intensive three-day conference on campaigning across borders and continents.

118 inspectors working for the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have gathered in Panama City, Panama this week for the ITF worldwide inspectors’ seminar (WWIS).

Twenty-six young workers gathered at the Barbados Workers’ Union labour college last week for the first ever seminar specifically for young workers in the Caribbean. The event focused on developing strategic campaigns, as well as on organising skills, educational methods and building a regional network.

Commenting on Saturday’s bomb attacks on a peaceful pro-democracy and justice demonstration, ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) general secretary Steve Cotton stated: “A nation’s heart is breaking today. These attacks targeted what is best about Turkey, and some of its most idealistic and motivated people. We in the international union movement share that grief.

Following the conclusion on 20 July of an ITF investigation concerning the Liberian-flagged Stolt Kikyo tanker, which is jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Norwegian company Stolt-Nielsen, the ITF has issued this statement.

Around 40 leaders from railway unions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia met with ILO experts and senior ITF representatives in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 September to 1 October to discuss organising and the promotion of ILO conventions throughout the rail industry.