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HIV positive workers and other ITF trade union members were out in force on World AIDS Day (1 December) to challenge HIV/AIDS and the stigma that surrounds it at work and in the community.

Commenting on the situation in the Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), Sharon James, ITF dockers’ section secretary, said: “There is one clear issue for the dockworkers at Aqaba, and that relates to the change of shift patterns.

Representatives from unions across Latin America forged links and new strategies at a groundbreaking ITF summer school in Cordoba, Argentina, last week.

National recognition has been given to an online campaign calling for respect for the human and trade union rights of tuna workers in the Philippines.

12 June 1954 to 1 December 2014 The ITF is saddened by the death of Enrique Fossoul, leading Spanish trade unionist and member of the management committee of the ETF. Enrique Fossoul was one of the public faces of Comisiones Obreras, (CC.OO) – Spain’s largest trade union – including in the crucial

HIV positive workers from ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) trade unions are among those speaking out on World AIDS Day on Monday 1 December. All are involved in ITF programmes to challenge HIV/AIDS – and the stigma that surrounds it – in the workplace and the home.

The Panamanian crew members of a cargo ship stranded in the Dutch port of Rotterdam were happy to be going home this week, with the help of the ITF.

ITF trade unions worldwide acted in unison to back the ITUC’s call for an ILO convention on gender-based violence at work on 25 November, the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.