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Promoting social dialogue in Estonian ports has been the focus this week of a seminar at the Port of Muuga. It’s the first event of its kind and has been centered on the joint working of ITF and ETF affiliates, the Estonian Seaman’s Independent Union (ESIU) with their Baltic colleagues at the

A solidarity fund launched today by the ITF to raise £40,000 to support Palestinian drivers and their union in Gaza got off to a flying start, with immediate union pledges totalling over £13,000. The ITF executive board decided to launch the fund, following calls for support to rebuild union

Eighteen HIV positive transport workers from unions across Kenya recently came together for the first time to share their experiences and discuss how to develop the Usafiri Positive Workers Network (USAFIRI) throughout the country to reduce stigma around HIV/AIDS and tackle discrimination in the

Toll Group truck drivers in Los Angeles have cemented their place in history by ratifying the first union contract in the drayage industry in 30 years. Port drivers are the most underpaid in the US trucking industry so this agreement with LA Ports is a landmark. Under the contract, drivers will

Following a German TV report on 15 January on Deutsche Post DHL’s treatment of its international workforce, the ITF and UNI global union have called on the company to clean up its act. The multinational logistics giant’s behaviour was questioned by German national broadcaster ARD TV Das Erste’s

The ITF has launched a solidarity campaign in support of Tunisian dock workers being subjected to an anti union campaign. Members of ITF-affiliated union Syndicat Generale de la Marine Marchande et des Ports – Tunis, at the Port of La Goulette, took part in strike action in March as a result of

ITF general secretary David Cockroft lent his personal support to workers fighting for reinstatement by Turkish Airlines when he joined their protest in Istanbul on 12 January. Since early September 2012 the Turkish Civil Aviation Union (Hava-Is) has organised a weekly protest in a different part of

Some 258 delegates from 24 countries attended the 8th ITF Asia-Pacific regional conference in Hong Kong from 14-17 May to discuss ‘Organising to build Strong Transport Unions in the Asia-Pacific Region’.

In the wake of initial signs of positive movement in the struggle by the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) to gain a fair and just contract with the Ports of Auckland Limited, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) are monitoring

The ETF (European Transport Workers’ Federation, the European arm of the ITF global union) and the IDC-E (International Dockworkers’ Council – European zone) have met in Brussels to discuss the latest developments in European Union ports policy, as well as the critical situations of Spain, Greece