Search

Dockers’ unions in Hong Kong have joined forces to demand improvements in pay and conditions for port workers working for outsourcing companies. The port industry is currently booming in Hong Kong with container terminals across the country reported to have handled over 25 million TEUS during 2012

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is calling on Panama to join the effort to help the recently released crew of the Iceberg 1 to recover from their hostage ordeal. The crew of the Panama-flagged vessel were held for nearly three years by Somali pirates – who subjected them to

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has issued the following comment on the first phase of the strikes called by Iberia workers in defence of their jobs.Speaking from the ILO (International Labour Organization) aviation global dialogue forum in Geneva, ITF civil aviation secretary

Following a German TV report on Deutsche Post DHL’s treatment of its international workforce, the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and UNI global union have called on the company to clean up its act. The multinational logistics giant’s behavior was questioned on Tuesday night by

A leading African trade unionist has challenged unions across West Africa to do things differently in response to the region’s social and economic problems. Bayla Sow, ITF executive board member and shortly to become ITF’s Africa Francophone coordinator, was addressing 61 trade unionists from 34

In a mark of international solidarity, a delegation of Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) unionists and rank-and-file workers has arrived in Hong Kong to join the Kwai Chung dockworkers on the picket line. MUA National Secretary and President of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)

The ITF (International Transport Workers Federation) today proposed embattled Moroccan trade unionist Said Elhairech for the Febe Elisabeth Velasquez prize, an international award that recognises those who take personal risks to defend trade union rights in their countries.Said Elhairech, the

ITF-affiliated unions around the world are showing support for their colleagues in the ILWU (International Longshore and Warehouse Union) in what could be a major labour showdown in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. Multinational grain companies who are currently making record profits have

In a significant victory for the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the ratification of a six-year master contract for dockworkers on 9 April was backed by every ILA local union and approved overwhelmingly by 88 per cent of the more than 8,000 ILA members who voted at ports on the