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Danne Lemones Smith, a union activist and former representative of the ITF-affiliated Costa Rican SINTRAJAP union, has reportedly been attacked at his home. The incident, on 25 August, came after he had talked to the media about privatisation. SINTRAJAP (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Junta

Social organisations and unions have succeeded in their 10-month campaign against the concession of the main road corridor in Costa Rica and its costly tolls. The government announced on 22 April the cancellation of the San José-San Ramón corridor concession with Brazilian company OAS, following

The Teamsters Union announced on 25 April that it had reached tentative agreements with UPS and UPS Freight on new five-year national contracts for package and freight workers that protect their health care benefits, provide substantial wage increases and significantly raise contributions to pension

The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) has this week congratulated Philippine Airlines (PAL) on opening talks with its employees’ union, PALEA. The airline also received the go ahead this week to resume flights to European Union countries

Unions determined to find out what is going on at Pescanova, a major fisheries company in Europe and one of the largest Spanish transnationals in Latin America, are planning mass demonstrations on 4-5 May in Vigo, Spain, where the company is based. When Spanish media reports claimed that the company

Following resounding protests from the ITF, NATCA (National Air Traffic Controllers Association), PASS (Professional Aviation Safety Specialists) and other organisations, the furloughing of all US FAA employees has been halted. On 26 April, the US Congress passed legislation, which had gone through

At a meeting in Kiev with Ukraine’s minister of infrastructure, Volodymyr Kozak, ITF acting general secretary Stephen Cotton welcomed Kozak’s commitment to work with the ITF and its affiliate the Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union (MTWTU) to create a road map to determine the next steps and

In an act of global solidarity with workers locked out of Philippine Airlines since September 2011, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) and ITF’s Sydney office leafleted the company’s passengers at Sydney Airport on 16 April. The Philippine Airlines Employees’

In the latest news from Hong Kong the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD) reports that employees of Comcheung Limited joined the dockers’ strike yesterday. Comcheung, a contractor at Kwai Chung container terminals, immediately offered workers a wage increase and one-off cash bonus. This offer was

A strike at the Port of Hong Kong which has lasted 40 days is now over. Members of ITF-affiliate the Union of Hong Kong Dockers, who have been fighting for improved pay and working conditions, have voted to call off their industrial action. The union has accepted a deal stipulating improved wages