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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.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today branded moves by the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) an open attack on trade unions which is in clear breach of the country’s international commitments.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today registered its deep concern over the recent death of a Palestinian bus driver, and supported the call from its member union the PGTWU (Palestinian General Transport Workers Union) for an independent investigation by international experts into the death of the driver, Yousef Hasan Alramouni.

Thirty women transport union leaders from 21 countries were welcomed to the ITF Leading Change II programme in the United States with a stirring speech by the Seafarers International Union (SIU) president, Mike Sacco.