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The ITF and International Association of Public Transport (UITP) today signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), backing the expansion of public transport as a key driver of sustainable growth, key jobs, and environmental protection.

Union representatives working in the global delivery sector in Central America met in November to discuss strategies for protecting employees in an ever more hostile, anti-union environment.The ITF FES (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation) organising training seminar in Panama City brought together

Around 140 ITF affiliates marked World AIDS Day with a range of activities designed to raise awareness and beat discrimination on Sunday 1 December. Unions in over 50 countries, from Antigua, Bangladesh and Colombia to Venezuela, the UK and Zimbabwe ran a variety of activities in and around

Transport unions in Japan won a long-fought battle to implement better public transport legislation – after more than ten years of struggle. Thanks to the struggle of the Japanese Council of Transport Workers’ Unions (KOUN-ROKYO), to which many ITF affiliates belong, the Basic Law on Transport

French rail unions, including the ITF-affiliated Fédération CGT des Cheminots (CGT) went on national strike yesterday, 12 December, in response to government reforms at SNCF, which it says do not meet the promises made last year by the minister of transport. Unions say that the SNCF is already

ITF’s new affiliate in Yemen, the Labor Committee for Aden Container Termina,l protested last week in front of the port administration, after attempts to reach the ports management and the Gulf of Aden Ports Corporation failed. For two months, the workers have been asking for improvements to working

ITF representatives were part of an international delegation which traveled to Sweden this week to deliver a verdict on the reported anti-union behaviour of Ikea Canada in the on-going dispute at Swedish retail giant IKEA’s Richmond, British Columbia, store. The ITF was joined by UNI global union

Workers all along the supply chain will be affected by the closure of a major Australian car manufacturer That’s the warning from ITF-affiliate, the Maritime Union of Australia following the announcement by General Motors Holden that it intends to cease manufacturing of vehicles in 2017. The MUA has

ITF activists have mobilised in support of striking Korean rail workers, who are experiencing severe government retaliation during their strike, which started on 9 December . Reportedly, charges have already been filed against around 200 Korean Railway Workers’ Union (KRWU) officers, and around 8500

The ITF-affiliated Ethiopian Transport and Communication Workers Federation (ETWCF) announced the launch of a joint HIV/AIDS fund this week at the ITF Africa regional HIV seminar for civil aviation unions. Ten aviation union leaders from seven countries attended the seminar, to work together to