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National Express shareholders are urging the company’s board to back a resolution at the annual general meeting (AGM) in May seeking an independent review of employment practices in its United States school bus subsidiary, Durham School Services (DSS).

ITF general secretary Steve Cotton visited Singapore from 3-4 March to highlight to its member unions the significance to the federation of the country as a strategic hub in the Asia Pacific region.

The ITF has condemned as illegal and inhumane the jail sentence imposed on Iranian trade unionist Reza Shahabi, and has demanded his immediate and unconditional freedom and return to work.

DHL workers in Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata took action yesterday (Sunday) over the treatment of fellow workers in Panama, Chile, and Colombia. Workers said they were angry but not surprised at the behaviour of the company in Latin America.

Transport workers from ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation)-affiliated unions around the world will be marking International Women’s Day (IWD) tomorrow, 8 March.

Transport union officials from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania at an ITF meeting in Nairobi welcomed newspaper reports that the Kenyan National Police Service Commission (NPSC) will crack down on police harassment and corruption in matatu (minivan) public transport.

The ITF has demanded justice following the death in custody on 21 February of Sheriff Diba, a leader of the Gambian National Transport Control Association (GNTCA).

The ITF has produced advice to help air crews avoid contracting the Zika virus.

• Testimonios de trabajadores de DHL en Chile, Colombia y Panamá dan cuenta de la vulneración de derechos laborales de la multinacional con presencia en 220 países.

A new report released today has found global logistics giant DHL guilty of breaking its own – and international – rules on the way its workers are treated.