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Five Indian union federations have come together in a historic joint campaign for dockers’ jobs in the face of port corporatisation and have announced an indefinite strike in 11 major ports beginning on 9 March.

Twenty-five shop stewards participated in training to build the organising capacity of Kenyan long-distance truck drivers, which was organised by the ITF and its affiliates the Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV) and the Kenya Long Distance Truck Drivers Union (KLDTDU).

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has submitted a deposition to the US Coast Guard’s consultation on seafarers’ access to maritime facilities – the Notice of Proposed Rule Making. The submission supports the USCG’s efforts to improve the shore leave/access situation for seafarers while upholding the nation’s security needs.

A bitter dispute between ground staff and Colombia’s national carrier Avianca finally ended on 9 January, when 130 workers who had been barred from their workplace returned to work

ITF affiliates globally are urging their governments and employers’ organisations to push for an ILO convention to stop gender-based violence at work, as part of their preparations to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March.

Worldwide action organised by the ITF and Public Services International (PSI), in concert with other global unions, the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) and trade unions worldwide, has helped thwart an attempt to remove the right to strike at the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Following a worldwide trade union campaign to defend it, the right to strike has been re-affirmed at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is joining its affiliate the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) in celebrating the signing of a new collective agreement for workers at the Ports of Auckland.

British members of parliament (MPs) Ian Lavery and Jim Sheridan took part in a series of events during their fact-finding mission to the United States concerning school bus services owned by UK-based multinational transportation company National Express.

The international Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has welcomed a tentative agreement struck between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on a new five-year contract covering workers at all 29 West Coast ports of the USA.