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The decision by the works council at international parcel and package logistics operators UPS to refuse agreement to the engagement of new employees for one-shift jobs with a 17-hour week at its Ditzingen site has been upheld in German law. UPS had rejected calls by the works council to increase

The ITF and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have condemned the Qatari government’s reported bid to have the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) headquarters relocated from Canada to the country’s capital, Doha. ITF general secretary David Cockroft said on 29 April: “The

SRUT dispute photos on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/itf/sets/72157622603688341/ The ITF and its affiliate the State Railway Workers’ Union of Thailand (SRUT), backed by the Thai State Enterprises Workers’ Relations Confederation (SERC) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

The ITF-affiliated Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) international vice-president Bruce Hamilton urged US transport company Greyhound to resume negotiations in good faith at parent company FirstGroup’s AGM yesterday.

The chair of the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s offshore task force group today condemned the Australian government’s move to override a Senate vote and allow the use of a maritime crew visa that will undermine working conditions in the country’s offshore oil and gas industry.His

Women transport worker power was on display in Nepal last month when more than 200 women workers came together to share their union experiences and plan how to bring more women into unions.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today expressed its deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the passengers and crew onbard flight MH17 and backed calls for an international investigation.MH17 was carrying almost 300 passengers when it crashed yesterday in eastern

For Joseph Katende, ITF Africa regional secretary, the chance to visit the Tolpuddle Martyrs festival in Dorset, UK fulfilled a long-held dream. The festival commemorates farmworkers from the village of Tolpuddle who, in 1834, were punished with transportation for forming a trade union. Their unjust

The ITF is pledging support to port workers in Mombasa, Kenya, who are facing attacks on their jobs

Representatives of the German union ver.di travelled to Turkey last week to meet striking TÜMTIS workers