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The ITF Americas regional conference – which has brought together activists from right across Latin America and the Caribbean – closed yesterday with a plan to achieve a better future for workers and unions.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is able to report progress in the case of the filthy and unsafe vessel Munzur, which is detained in Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Following the passing of a deadline for action by the owners to pay and repatriate its crew, the company has

Global delivery campaign activists at a seminar in Kenya committed to work together to coordinate union activities and organising, strengthening workers’ voices in the country.Organisers, industrial officers, shop-stewards and members of the ITF-affiliated Transport and Allied Workers Union (TAWU)

Informal auto rickshaw drivers in Chennai, India, won back the right to work following protests at Tambaram Railway station last month.

European dockers’ unions are showing support for ITF affiliate Unite, as they continue their campaign for trade union rights at London Gateway, which has officially opened for business this week. The first vessel, MOL Caledon, docked at the new DPW operated terminal on Wednesday night (5 November)

Global union organisations the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) today submitted a case against the state of Qatar to the ILO (International Labour Organization) in Geneva.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has condemned continuing attacks on transport workers in Venezuela. The attacks have reached their height during recent anti-government demonstrations. ITF Americas regional secretary, Antonio Rodríguez Fritz, explained: “Our affiliated union the

Support for the Korean Railway Workers’ Union (KRWU) and for Korean workers’ rights continued unabated today, as representatives from the UK Trades Union Congress (TUC), British unions and Amnesty International joined the ITF in protest at the Korean embassy in London, UK.

Seafarers secured a minimum wage increase following talks at the International Labour Organization last week.

The ITF launched a new guide on 9 January 2014 to help unions reach out to informal workers.