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ITF evidence on trafficked fishers goes to Myanmar embassy in Jakarta
An International Transport Workers Federation delegation to Ambon Island in the Maluku province of Indonesia has today received evidence from 70 Myanmar fishers that may amount to them being victims of human trafficking.
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ITF condemns FWC ruling against Australian rail freight workers
The ITF has warned the Australian government of an international trade union response to the ruling by the Fair Work Commission that the country’s largest rail freight operator could terminate 12 enterprise bargaining agreements, covering over 6,000 workers.
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ITF unions act on container safety on Workers’ Memorial Day
Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living. That’s the slogan for International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) and it was taken to heart by ITF unions this week when they took action around toxic gases and fumigation in containers.
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Sri Lanka union pioneers HIV non-discrimination deal
The National Union of Seafarers Sri Lanka (NUSS) has brokered a pioneering HIV non-discrimination deal in an agreement signed with Mercantile Marine Management Ltd.
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Unions deliver worker’s message to Agility customer
ITF and Unite members delivered a personal message from Agility Kenya worker Ruth Matahi today direct to shareholders of one of the company’s major customers. They shared the message – an eyewitness account of the tactics being used by managers of the logistics multinational’s Kenyan branch – at the AGM of BAT (British American Tobacco) in London this morning.
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Agility leaflet
A personal appeal to shareholders from Ruth Matahi. This is a message from Ruth Matahi, who works for Agility in Kenya, to shareholders of BAT, whose products Agility transports. More details at goo.gl/1WnRhM.
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Supporters take Kenya concerns to London AGM
Members of the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and Unite the Union will take their concerns about attacks against Kenyan logistics workers to the attention of BAT (British American Tobacco) shareholders in London today.
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Women leaders build change
ITF women leaders meeting in London last week pledged to continue building union power, denouncing discrimination, and challenging neo-liberal austerity policies.
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World trade unions hold tuna giant to account at Belgian expo
Global union federations the IUF and ITF, assisted by Belgian trade unions, yesterday used the Brussels Seafood Expo to spotlight human rights abuses by Philippines’ tuna giant Citra Mina.
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