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Major demonstrations against Uber are taking place on 16 September in Brussels and New York City, reflecting worldwide concerns about the company and its impact on safety and jobs.

The ITF-affiliated Maharashtra State Transport Kamgar Sanghatana (MSTKS) brought together 40 representatives from Mumbai transport trade unions, passenger unions and several prominent NGOs working to end violence against women in India in order to develop an alliance for the implementation of a joint union/community campaign.

A top-level union delegation featuring the president and general secretary of the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation), along with representatives of the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation), Unifor and the Singapore Organisation of Seamen, arrives today for a five day visit to Israel and Palestine.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has urged the president of Chile to act to stave off the need for industrial action across Chile tomorrow.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has commissioned a study into the manoeuvring feasibility of the new Panama Canal locks.

Teams of ITF inspectors, along with dockers’ and seafarers’ union members, will check pay and working conditions on board vessels as part of the third East Asian maritime action week of 2015. This begins on Monday across ports in Japan, Korea, Russia and Taiwan and will run from 14 to 18 September.

The ITF has urged the Chilean president to step in to avoid possible industrial action on 15 September over 30-year-old pension grievances experienced by the country's civil aviation administrative workers.

This week members of the global unions Committee on Workers’ Capital (CWC) met at the ITF in London. The committee is a joint initiative of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee of the OECD (TUAC) and the Global Union Federations (GUFs).

Forty delegates from ITF-affiliated unions from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen, gathered in Tunis from on 1 to 3 September to discuss the issues and priorities in the civil aviation sector.