The ITF’s Gaza emergency appeal fund has topped 134,000 USD as the federation delivered its second shipment of desperately needed aid to Palestinians in the conflict zone.
David Cockroft, who joined the ITF in 1985 and first served as its general secretary in 1993, received a standing ovation as he made his goodbye speech to the organisation at its 43rd congress in Sofia yesterday.
The ITF’s largest affiliate in Uganda has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Entebbe Stage Drivers and Conductors’ Association, boosting its membership to close on 9,000.
Fact sheet on tinned tuna. This is a highly popular low cost source of protein, and, after prawns/shrimp, is the world’s second most popular seafood product in terms of value and volume traded: In 2008, total global tuna consumption was valued at USD7.5 billion.
The IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural and Hospitality Workers) and ITF are urging international support for local campaigners fighting for the reinstatement of workers sacked by the Citra Mina Group of Companies in the Philippines.
This module aims to create awareness among civil aviation union of the immediate and long-term dangers stemming from an expansion of FOC practices in the global civil aviation industry. This publication is available in the following languages that cannot be dowloaded from the site: Chinese, Thai and
Final preparations are underway for the 43rd ITF congress which will kick off in Sofia, Bulgaria on 10 August. There are more than 1,500 transport trade unionists registered to attend the event, which runs until 16 August.
Changes from 2000–2007 in civil aviation workers’ conditions of work. A global study of 116 countries in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Middle East, North America, Latin/South America, and Europe in the post-9/11 era