The ITF welcomed two Libyan unions to the global union family last week, and celebrated Libyan workers’ success in building a new democracy in the country
The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) is backing the film A Hijacking, which it describes as “brutally accurate in its depiction of the horror inflicted on the victims of pirate attacks”. Directed by Danish Director Tobias Lindholm, the film – which was shot on a ship that had
The ITF and its affiliated maritime unions in Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine will be exposing substandard working conditions and fighting for improved safety in what they have described as the ‘Black Sea of shame’, next week, from 13 to 15 May. The Black Sea is one of the
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is calling on international aviation authorities to investigate allegations that Turkish Airlines (THY) is playing with safety by flying airplanes with insufficient or unqualified crew in order to get around a strike by THY workers protesting at
• Turkish Courts find sackings of four Turkish DHL workers linked to union activities • Forum on Union Rights and Organising in Istanbul will call for stronger legal protections for DHL workers in Turkey • Global unions to join picket line for all 30 sacked Turkish DHL workers in Istanbul • ITF and
The ITF has called on Panama to join the effort to help the recently released crew of the Iceberg 1 to recover from their hostage ordeal. The seafarers on the Panama-flagged vessel were held for nearly three years by Somali pirates – who subjected them to torture, starvation and even mutilation –
The ITF has today (4 April) expressed its condemnation of dismissals at Chile national airline LAN, which merged with Brazilian TAM Airlines in December 2011 to form LATAM Airlines Group (LATAM). In a letter to LAN senior vice president human resources Emilio del Real Soto, ITF civil aviation
An alliance of trade unionists will hold a morning press conference in Frankfurt on 29 May 2013, ahead of the opening of the Deutsche Post-DHL annual general meeting. The press conference – which will feature representatives from UNI Global Union; the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation
Aviation unions in countries where the LATAM airline group operates protested in support of 70 cabin crew sacked by the company’s Chilean subsidiary, LAN. On 5 April the LAN Cabin Crew Union (STCLA) held a demonstration at Santiago Airport, where they were joined by ITF maritime affiliates in Chile
Union members and supporters will hold a global DHL Families’ Day tomorrow to back the families of workers at logistics giant DHL in Turkey who have faced dismissal and aggression by the company. Key events will be held in London and Istanbul, with support actions around the world. In London a