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The ITF-affiliated Canadian Auto Workers union has merged with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union to form Unifor. The new ‘super-union’ held its founding convention last weekend, August 31-September 1, in Toronto. The convention elected Jerry Dias president, and Peter Kennedy, a

ITF affiliated FIRST Union workers took action on apparent employer intransigence at Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) earlier this week, holding a 24-hour strike on Tuesday 3rd September. The dispute between FIRST Union and K+N came to a head earlier this year, when the union attempted to negotiate a pay raise

ITF acting general secretary Steve Cotton met workers from a range of sectors during a fact-finding trip to Singapore last week. During the trip, which took place between 1 and 7 September, Cotton heard first-hand the thoughts and concerns of Singapore workers. He met with workers at the Soon Lee

Stephen Cotton, ITF acting general secretary, met with Bulgarian workers earlier this week to get an understanding of the issues they face. Cotton is visiting the country's capital, Sofia - which will host the ITF's next congress in 2014 - on a three-day fact finding mission. Cotton has heard from

ITF civil aviation unions from across the world are lobbying their governments on key worker and industry issues in the run up to the latest ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) meeting. The ITF will present seven working papers during the 38th ICAO Assembly which begins on 24 September

The ITF Arab World regional conference culminated this week in a plan to build union power and rights throughout the region.

Workers of ITF-affiliate the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Aviación Civil y Similares (SIELAS) protested at Tocumen International Airport in Panama on 16 April against unfair dismissals by Copa Airlines. SIELAS reported that over 24 workers were dismissed without notice

Danne Lemones Smith, a union activist and former representative of the ITF-affiliated Costa Rican SINTRAJAP union, has reportedly been attacked at his home. The incident, on 25 August, came after he had talked to the media about privatisation. SINTRAJAP (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Junta

Social organisations and unions have succeeded in their 10-month campaign against the concession of the main road corridor in Costa Rica and its costly tolls. The government announced on 22 April the cancellation of the San José-San Ramón corridor concession with Brazilian company OAS, following

The Teamsters Union announced on 25 April that it had reached tentative agreements with UPS and UPS Freight on new five-year national contracts for package and freight workers that protect their health care benefits, provide substantial wage increases and significantly raise contributions to pension