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The International Transport Workers’ Federation is giving all possible backing to its American member union, The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), which has filed for a union representation election for flight attendants at Delta Air Lines.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has warmly welcomed today’s announcement* that Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry is to be the next president of the World Maritime University (WMU) in Sweden.

On December 22, the Western Seoul District Court handed down a non-guilty verdict in the trial of four central rail union leaders, a significant victory for the union and the ITF after a year-long struggle.

The ITF is backing the demands of its affiliate RMT in the UK for a government investigation into the events in the run up to the collapse of City Link at the end of 2014 and for the company to be nationalised.

The 4.5 million strong International Transport Worker's Federation (ITF) today backed the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers’ (RMT) fight for the livelihood of City Link workers in the UK.

ITF President Paddy Crumlin wishes all a peaceful and happy "season of renewal"

The 4.5 million strong International Transport Worker's Federation (ITF) today backed the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers’ (RMT) fight for the livelihood of City Link workers in the UK.

Members of the International Transport Workers' Federation have joined celebrations of the release of the three remaining members of the "Miami 5" from US jail and the release of US citizen Alan Gross as part of the agreed prisoner exchange that took place last week.

Two recent cases indicate the seriousness with which the US authorities deal with ships that attempt to evade pollution prevention requirements through the use of "magic pipes" to discharge oily waste water straight into the sea.

Somaliland, the self-declared state within Somalia, has seized more than 51 Yemeni boats and an Egyptian ship, and arrested more than 250 fishers, for fishing illegally in its waters, according to reports from the BBC.