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ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) affiliated trade unions meeting in Rio de Janeiro today launched a new Americas Region task force group dedicated to protecting the rights of Latin American and Caribbean workers in the offshore oil and gas sector.

The European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) today welcomed the decision of Romania’s Ilfov court to order the reinstatement of an unfairly dismissed trade union leader.

The ver.di union in Germany has thanked the ITF and its European arm the ETF for their support for nearly 1,000 workers at Acciona Airport Services in Frankfurt who took strike action on 20 March.

An outcry raised by a coalition of trade unions and civil society groups has led UN Women to disassociate itself from a partnership with ‘ride booking’ app provider Uber just over a week after its announcement. The unions and NGOs had acted speedily to persuade the United Nations organisation to reconsider a strategic partnership with the company that would supposedly create ‘a million’ jobs for women drivers.

The reach and power of ITF road transport and railway unions were on show this week as representatives from 50 unions in 30 countries met in London for steering committee meetings.

An ITF delegation has boarded industrial fishing vessels landing their catch in Songkhla port, Southern Thailand this week, as part of an investigation into labour rights abuses.

An ITF module on the prevention of HIV/AIDS has been included for the first time in maritime cadet training in the Asia Pacific region, as part of the federation’s global drive to build knowledge in all the major seafarer supply countries.

Global road transport unions meeting in London today welcomed the peaceful return to work of Kenyan drivers and reinforced the call for union rights at Kuwait-based company Agility logistics.

Just over half the participants in an annual seminar for cruise ship workers run by ITF affiliates and the federation chose to take HIV tests to raise awareness of the importance of seafarers knowing their status.

A solidarity mission of eight ITF women trade unionists from four countries led a full week of activity in Quito, Ecuador from 7-13 March in support of Jimena Lopez, general secretary and founder of the SITA (Sindicato de Trabajadores de Aerolane) union.