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The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) 43rd congress in Sofia, Bulgaria has been hailed as the best ever at its closing ceremony today. ITF president Paddy Crumlin was re-elected unopposed, while Steve Cotton was installed as general secretary. FNV Bondgenoten’s Brigitta Paas will

Yordanova, who is currently a member of the ITF’s Executive Board, will take up the role in 2016. Delegates elected her in recognition of her “extrordinary leadership capacity and proven ability to involve, engage and deliver for transport workers”, the organisation’s Australian president Paddy

Най-мащабният досега конгрес на МТФ (Международната Транспортна Федерация) започва утре в София, България. 43-ият пореден конгрес в 118-годишната история на МТФ ще се проведе в Националния дворец на културата в София и ще събере на едно място почти 2000 делегати и участници от 379 синдиката в 116

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, has agreed to support Colombian union SNTT and its leader José Ignacio Garzón in their fight with a subsidiary of German multi-national logistics company DHL. DHL Express in Colombia is accused of targeting Mr Garzón

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has vowed to keep a close eye on the corporate conduct of global network terminal operator (GNT) Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) in Panama and Indonesia. In Panama, ITF-affiliated unions are now legally recognised as the most representative of

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, has today launched the global "Safe Rates and a Safe Industry- We're In, Are you?" campaign for Australian truck drivers in the Transport Workers Union (TWU). The TWU has long campaigned for better working conditions

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has vowed to keep a close eye on the online retailer Amazon due to its ongoing failure to provide better working conditions and collective agreements. The ITF will work with UNI Global Union to organise and coordinate solidarity action to help

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, today remembered the 1889 Great London Dock Strike as a great early example of international solidarity. Meanwhile in the UK Unite the Union today sent a boat down the River Thames and into the Port of Tilbury as the

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, is celebrating the decision by around 900 flight attendants at Virgin America to be represented by a union. The National Mediation Board (NMB) in the United States yesterday announced that flight attendants at Virgin

Speaking from the ITF congress in Bulgaria today, International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) president Paddy Crumlin said Australia’s Barrow Island could be declared a ‘port of convenience’ unless Chevron tempers its union-busting efforts in the offshore oil and gas sector. Chevron’s Gorgon