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ITF backs Seaman Guard Ohio appeal
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is to pay for legal support for the court appeal of the ship’s crew members of the Seaman Guard Ohio.
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Disciplinary sanctions against Senegal aviation workers dropped
The management of Aviation Handling Services (AHS) in Senegal has finally cancelled all the disciplinary sanctions against workers and shop stewards from the ITF-affiliated Suttaaas after a bitter, four-month crisis.
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Call for just transition for workers in ‘industry 4.0’
The ‘fourth industrial revolution’ – or industry 4.0 – was the theme at this year’s World Economics Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, and prompted ITF general secretary Steve Cotton and other global union leaders to call for a just transition for workers.
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ITF & ICS Guidance on Eliminating Shipboard Harassment and Bullying
These guidelines aim to assist companies to develop policies and plans to eliminate harassment and bullying on board ships and involve its seafarers and seafarers’ organisations in this process. They also give seafarers guidelines aim to assist them in recognising harassment and bullying
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Joint statement: Shipowners and seafarers' unions team up to launch new guidance on the elmination of harassment and bullying
Maritime employers and seafarers’ unions have joined forces to publish new international ‘Guidance on Eliminating Shipboard Harassment and Bullying’.
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Phoenix bus strike ended by ATU and Transdev settlement
A week-long city bus strike in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States ended on 15 January when the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1433 approved a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with French multinational Transdev Services Inc.
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Year's first East Asia action week begins Monday
ITF inspectors, along with dockers’ and seafarers’ union members, will check pay and working conditions on board vessels as part of the first East Asian maritime action week of 2016. The action week will be held from 25 to 29 January across ports in Japan, Korea, Russia and Taiwan.
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ITF condemns Ouagadougou attacks and mourns union activist
The ITF has condemned the terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 15 January, in which an activist in its civil aviation affiliate union the FSTAB (Fédération des Syndicats des Travailleurs et Auxiliaires du Transport du Burkina) and 28 other people were killed.
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Unions put Thailand on trial over workers’ rights
The ITF has united with its affiliate the Thai Airways International Union (TG Union) and the State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation (SERC) to bring a complaint to the International Labour Organization (ILO) about the government of Thailand’s failure to protect workers’ rights.
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ITF youth leaders congratulate UGTT on Nobel Peace Prize
The joint chairs of the ITF’s young transport workers’ committee have congratulated the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) on being awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize.
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