Wage theft aboard a BlueScope chartered foreign-flagged ship in Port Kembla has been exposed after intervention from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). Inspections by ITF inspectors in Western Port and Port Kembla of the Panamanian registered vessel KEN EI, in January, led to $38
It is with sadness that today we learnt of the passing of our brother, Dave Arian. To Dave’s family, friends, and to all of our brothers, sisters and friends in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union please accept my deepest personal condolences, along with the condolences and sympathies of
The Congress Theme Document recognises the impact that technology has on transport workers and we have to make policy choices to help our workers. Likewise, Singapore is not spared! Working together with our tripartite partners, a S$4.5 billion Industry Transformation Programme, consisting of 23
ITF union the UMT has announced the launch of its first union office in Tangier dedicated to organising workers at the multinational transport company Alsa. UMT-Tangier general secretary Ali Abdel Sadeq, head of the UMT transport federation Ibrahim Qarfa and ITF regional secretary Bilal Malkawi met
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) welcome today’s news that Ryanair chairman David Bonderman will step down next year, just months after calling for him to be voted out by shareholders.
The ITF has launched a ground-breaking report by the Global Labour Institute looking at the impact on public transport workers of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system planned for Nairobi, Kenya. Over 100 people from 42 organisations attended the launch event in the Kenyan capital on Wednesday 30
The ITF today joined trade unionists and Amnesty International at the Iranian embassy in London to protest against Tehran’s imprisoning and torturing of labour activists.
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) affiliate Tümtis has signed a collective labour agreement (CLA) with DHL Express. The agreement comes on the back of a long and sometimes difficult struggle supported by unions around the world. Tümtis members at DHL Express went on strike for 556 days as part of the campaign.