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The ITF has used its global reach to coordinate a successful effort to support a crew left stranded in the port of Aden, in conflict-ridden Yemen.

After a powerful campaign supported by dockers around the world, Spanish dockers’ unions have jointly announced a major agreement with ports employers’ organisation ANESCO which has offered job security to all dockers currently working in labour pools.

The embattled 15 crew members of the tanker Qaaswa, marooned off Tunisia for months, are now safely home with most of their owed wages – thanks to the ITF.

International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) unions from around the world are gathering in Stockholm, Sweden for the first meeting of the federation’s new automation working group.

Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Director Generals, Ambassadors and other government representatives as well as non-governmental organizations and professional individuals from over 50 States around the world, near and far, crowded into the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Friday to honour seafarers in the run up to the annual Day of the Seafarer on 25 June and to mark their commitment to the fair treatment of seafarers.

Senior ITF representatives visited Russia last week for a joint seminar with the country’s transport unions, as part of the federation’s drive to increase membership and boost union power in the region.

ITF leaders have warmly congratulated Frank Moreels on his election as president of the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and Eduardo Chagas on his re-election as ETF general secretary.

ITF general secretary Steve Cotton pledged to achieve tangible gains for transport workers when he addressed the ILO’s International Labour Conference (ILC) on 9 June.

The ITF airports organising project has launched a new one-stop hub for everyone who wants to fight for justice for airport workers.

The ITF has told Uber that the ‘standing down’ of its CEO Travis Kalanick and resignation of David Bonderman gives the company a chance to radically reform its working practices.