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The ITF and UNI Global Union have agreed a protocol with logistics giant DP-DHL which commits them to continued dialogue on employment and industrial relations.

The ITF, UNI and DP-DHL have today agreed to a protocol, which commits them to continued dialogue on employment and industrial relations. The parties will meet four times a year and attempt to resolve issues in a mutually acceptable manner to avoid future problems.

The ITF delivered the message that cabotage is needed to protect jobs, economies and skills to a TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) stakeholder meeting in Brussels, Belgium last week.

The ITF has commended the Seafarers International Union of Canada for its work in revealing abuses of a permit licensing system that risked undermining the nation’s cabotage laws and shipping capability.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has upheld the vital role of maritime cabotage in protecting jobs, economies and skills at a TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) stakeholder event in Brussels, Belgium, today.

ITF unions representing inland navigation workers met last week in Strasbourg to set their direction and priorities to 2018.

An ITF union has hailed a court ruling that could mean the beginning of the end for Uber in Denmark.

After a year and a half of negotiations dockers at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, have secured job security until July 2020. The agreement with management was reached on Tuesday by members of the FNV negotiating team.

Dockers and their unions from Abidjan to Australia, Cyprus to Canada, New Zealand to Norway were among thousands from ports in over 50 countries across six continents who took part in the first international dockers’ action day on 7 July.

ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton said: “On behalf of the five million workers we represent in 150 countries, we are deeply saddened by the loss of our union brother Philando Castile.