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Informal auto rickshaw drivers in Chennai, India, won back the right to work following protests at Tambaram Railway station last month.

European dockers’ unions are showing support for ITF affiliate Unite, as they continue their campaign for trade union rights at London Gateway, which has officially opened for business this week. The first vessel, MOL Caledon, docked at the new DPW operated terminal on Wednesday night (5 November)

Global union organisations the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) today submitted a case against the state of Qatar to the ILO (International Labour Organization) in Geneva.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has condemned continuing attacks on transport workers in Venezuela. The attacks have reached their height during recent anti-government demonstrations. ITF Americas regional secretary, Antonio Rodríguez Fritz, explained: “Our affiliated union the

Support for the Korean Railway Workers’ Union (KRWU) and for Korean workers’ rights continued unabated today, as representatives from the UK Trades Union Congress (TUC), British unions and Amnesty International joined the ITF in protest at the Korean embassy in London, UK.

Seafarers secured a minimum wage increase following talks at the International Labour Organization last week.

The ITF launched a new guide on 9 January 2014 to help unions reach out to informal workers.

The ITF has slammed punitive retaliation against its affiliate in Korea.

Transport workers with an opinion on gender issues in unions still have the chance to get involved in the upcoming women’s conference online.

An international fact-finding team is investigating a dispute at Swedish retail giant IKEA’s store in Richmond, Canada. The four-strong team arrived this week to examine the situation at the store, where 350 workers have been locked out by the company, and will then report its findings back to a