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news 25 Aug 2022

From east to west, dockers unions' unite behind ILWU in US Pacific negotiations

Union leaders from the US East Coast, Canada and international transport worker federations have joined negotiations between dockers and Pacific coast employers in a significant show of solidarity. The International Longshore Workers’ Union (ILWU), which is leading contract talks for US Pacific

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news 23 Aug 2022

South Korean truck drivers call out alcohol giant from the rooftops as strike continues

Image caption: The ITF’s Noel Coard (pictured right with KPTU’s Wol-San Lim) said 20 million workers stood behind demands for Hite-Jinro to reinstate sacked workers and pay a decent rate South Korea’s biggest alcohol maker Hite-Jinro must pay drivers a decent wage, the International Transport

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news 22 Aug 2022

ITF delegation joins Felixstowe picket line as managers refuse to negotiate

Dockers on the picket line at the Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container terminal, told a delegation from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) that management is offering a real terms pay cut and refusing to talk. Unite the Union members voted to strike for eight days

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ITF inspectors recover USD$37.6m in unpaid wages

Last year, union ship inspectors recovered more than USD $37 million in unpaid wages owed to seafarers, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has revealed in figures published today. The ITF’s 125 inspectors and coordinators completed 7,265 inspections in 2021 to support thousands of

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news 19 Aug 2022

ITF inspectors recover USD$37.6m in unpaid wages for seafarers, despite Covid restrictions

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news 18 Aug 2022

Fijian Government accused of misusing country’s pension fund putting hundreds of thousands of workers’ futures at risk

Joint press release from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Fiji Trades Union Congress (FTUC). The Bainimarama government has been using the country’s national pension fund as a private cash cow to underwrite risky loans and pay for pet projects, putting the safe

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news 12 Aug 2022

Seafarers ‘sitting ducks’ as Port of Dakar leaves them without warning lights

The Port of Dakar in Senegal has said it is too busy to rescue a cargo ship at its anchorage which has been without electricity and sidelights for months, putting its seafarers and those on passing ships in grave danger – especially at night. The MV Onda (IMO 8912467) was declared abandoned in

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news 11 Aug 2022

Without change, corporate greed will force millions of workers into poverty, unions tell Pope’s advisors

Global markets are failing society and need to be fundamentally restructured, unions told the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at a meeting hosted by the Vatican on 9 and 10 August 2022. The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and a delegation of affiliated union leaders from

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news 11 Aug 2022

Unions warn global recession driven by the greed of corporations and so-called “great powers” will push millions of workers into poverty

An international meeting convened by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) hosted by the Vatican has called on political, economic and business leaders to pull the world back from the brink of recession. Instead of concentrating solely on

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news 11 Aug 2022

ITF and UNI bolster agreement with DPDHL to include due diligence and human rights in its supply chain

The Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) Group, the ITF and UNI Global Union have reviewed and strengthened their joint OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) Protocol, originally signed in 2019. Under the new agreement, signed by the German National Contact Point for the OECD on 25 July

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From east to west, dockers unions' unite behind ILWU in US Pacific negotiations

South Korean truck drivers call out alcohol giant from the rooftops as strike continues

ITF delegation joins Felixstowe picket line as managers refuse to negotiate

ITF inspectors recover USD$37.6m in unpaid wages

ITF inspectors recover USD$37.6m in unpaid wages for seafarers, despite Covid restrictions

Fijian Government accused of misusing country’s pension fund putting hundreds of thousands of workers’ futures at risk

Seafarers ‘sitting ducks’ as Port of Dakar leaves them without warning lights

Without change, corporate greed will force millions of workers into poverty, unions tell Pope’s advisors

Unions warn global recession driven by the greed of corporations and so-called “great powers” will push millions of workers into poverty

ITF and UNI bolster agreement with DPDHL to include due diligence and human rights in its supply chain

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