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ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) president Paddy Crumlin today described Australian rail freight operator Aurizon’s lockout of 200 freight train drivers in New South Wales as “totally unacceptable”. Crumlin, who is also national secretary of the MUA (Maritime Union of Australia)

The ITF last week wrote to the South Korean government to call for the release of three railway workers who have been detained pending trial following a rail collision in Daegu, South Korea, in August this year. According to the Korea Railway Workers’ Union (KRWU), additional safety measures were

The Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and Rail and Maritime Transport Union of New Zealand have protested at plans to exclude some ships from a law to reflag foreign-owned vessels in the fishing industry.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and UNI Global Union today congratulated Turkey’s TUMTIS union, which has secured a nationwide collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with logistics giant DHL. The agreement will provide 2,200 workers at DHL Turkey with social security, regulate

Twenty activists from 14 countries came together in Johannesburg last week to determine the next steps in the fight against climate change. Participants at the meeting, which ran from 31 October to 1 November, agreed that the labour movement must move quickly to lead the way in the transition to a

Following on from the success of earlier seafarer apps, the new ITF Seafarers app launched for IOS and Android last week.

The ITF today launched a brand new regional conference website for its forthcoming Latin America and Caribbean conference – the last regional conference in the run-up to congress 2014. The website follows on from the success of the ground-breaking ITF Arab World and Africa web sites at regional

The ITF Americas regional conference – which has brought together activists from right across Latin America and the Caribbean – closed yesterday with a plan to achieve a better future for workers and unions.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is able to report progress in the case of the filthy and unsafe vessel Munzur, which is detained in Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Following the passing of a deadline for action by the owners to pay and repatriate its crew, the company has

Global delivery campaign activists at a seminar in Kenya committed to work together to coordinate union activities and organising, strengthening workers’ voices in the country.Organisers, industrial officers, shop-stewards and members of the ITF-affiliated Transport and Allied Workers Union (TAWU)