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The ITF addressed the congress of the French union federation the FEETS-FO to bolster the determination of activists to strengthen their unions in the face of national and global threats to workers.

Commenting on President Trump’s travel ban ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) president Paddy Crumlin stated: “The 2016 national election in the US featured a heavy focus on immigration. President Donald Trump’s post-election actions have signalled that this will continue. The latest attack on immigrants has targeted the nationals of seven majority-Muslim countries.”

The ITF is urging its unions to support its newly-launched LabourStart solidarity campaign for thousands of unfairly fired dockworkers in Nigeria.

The first woman train driver in the Arab World and Africa, according to her trade union the UMT, has hit the age of 50 at which all Morocco’s train drivers have to retire.

The ITF sent a message of support to a protest by dockworkers and lorry drivers on 13 January over their demands that Peel Ports provides basic toilet, shower and catering facilities at Liverpool Port’s Seaforth container dock.

ITF unions around the world are helping informal transport workers realise their power, according to the newly-published evaluation report of the ITF’s informal workers’ project and a video by the ITF and the Global Labour Institute.