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Road transport workers from across West Africa recently came together in Cotonou, Benin to discuss common challenges and develop a strategy for change. From 8-10 April the first implementation seminar for the ITF/SASK road transport corridors project for 2013-2015 brought together representatives

The ITF has written to the Romanian transport minister to express its concern over the failure of negotiations to conclude a new collective agreement between the Metrorex management and its affiliate the Free Trade Union of Metro and Aviation Workers (USLMA). The current collective labour agreement

The ITF is calling on governments and industry bodies to back a proposed amendment that will tackle the dangers posed by unweighed or mis-declared shipping containers. The amendment – to the existing Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) – will be tabled at a meeting of the IMO (International

The ITF Seafarers Trust and the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) hosted a packed press screening of the film A Hijacking, which they describe as possibly “the first genuinely realistic portrayal of the sheer horror and brutality inflicted on the victims of pirate attacks”. The

The ITF has called for the democratic electoral processes in Venezuela to be respected, following the ‘welcome’ election on 14 April of Nicholas Maduro Moros, former leader of the ITF affiliated SITRAMECA trade union. The ITF commented that Maduro had already demonstrated his respect for workers’

The Railway and Transport Union (EVG) in Germany announced a successful outcome to the 2013 wage negotiations with Deutsche Bahn AG on 25 March. The collective agreement, described as “respectable” by EVG deputy chair Regina Rusch-Ziemba, could give a wage increase of six per cent overall and a

Members of the press are invited to attend the public handing over of a letter of protest next Thursday 26 September at the headquarters of Swiss-based offshore pipeline installation and subsea construction company Allseas Group SA. The event will feature a trade union delegation from several

At a packed meeting on 11 April in Berlin, ver.di won all 10 worker representative seats on the Deutsche Post DHL supervisory board, which oversees the company'sex ecutive board of managers and the CEO. Shareholders make up the other half of the supervisory board. Five of ver.di's representatives on

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today pledged to continue the struggle for container weight safety after what it described as a missed opportunity to reduce the risk of harm to transport workers and members of the public. The organisation was speaking out following a decision

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today pledged to continue the struggle for container weight safety after what it described as a missed opportunity to reduce the risk of harm to transport workers and members of the public. The organisation was speaking out following a decision