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Brazilian taxi drivers are fighting against Uber app operations in the country, to keep up pressure on the government following earlier demonstrations in São Paulo and other cities in March.

The ITF is strongly backing the campaign by its affiliate the Dominican Air Traffic Controllers Association (ADCA) to win the reinstatement of air traffic controllers sacked by the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) 13 months ago.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has expressed its condolences to the families and colleagues of three experienced dockworkers who died on Saturday in Antwerp, Belgium, after entering a ship’s hold to unload coal.

The ITF has sent a message urging affiliates in its global DHL network to act in support of DHL India activists and their union in their struggle against management’s anti-union and anti-worker onslaught.

Unions from LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines from seven countries expand support for striking LAN Airlines workers

Women activists have achieved a major breakthrough in the overwhelmingly male-dominated MSTKS union in India.

ITF general secretary Steve Cotton hailed a momentous and historic day for the labour movement in Myanmar when he spoke at the inaugural congress of the Independent Federation of Myanmar Seafarers (IFOMS) on 31 March.

“The experience you gain won’t stay in this room, it will be taken back and shared with your colleagues for the real, tangible benefit of workers.”

1952 to April 2015 The ITF is joining those marking the death of Paul Karras, founder of the award-winning, not-for-profit agency Hunterlink Recovery Services, who has died aged 63. Paul Karras founded and managed Hunterlink, which offers welfare and counselling to seafarers of all nationalities