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The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has inspected the Bahamas-registered Flag-of-Convenience (FOC) vessel Diana in Melbourne and found the company is underpaying Filipino seafarers who are effectively operating full time on the Australian coast.

Striking workers from all sectors shut down large parts of the Israeli economy on December 17th in a dispute involving the pharmaceutical company Teva - a major employer - after it announced 14,000 layoffs in Israel and worldwide.

The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), who represent workers in all the major players in Europe’s aviation industry, including Ryanair, have welcomed Ryanair’s statement today that it will change its “long standing policy of not recognising unions”– and have issued a challenge to the airline to play fair from now on.

The Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU) has thanked the ITF and its unions for their support for metro workers who took strike action in their dispute with the Seoul Line 9 Operation Company, which is owned by the French multinational RATP Dev-Transdev.

A report released today by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) shows that the industrial turmoil plaguing the operations of embattled global port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has spread to its flagship terminal in Melbourne, Australia.

The ITF and its unions in the United States and France, which represent workers in global logistics and transportation giant XPO, have met to build greater international co-operation and solidarity.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and ITF affiliated trade unions from the United States and France representing workers in global logistics and transportation giant XPO met to discuss further building their international cooperation and solidarity as part of a global ITF XPO initiative.

Progress towards a just and sustainable peace between Israel and Palestine has long been a goal supported by the ITF and wider global trade union movement.

The international maritime community is again in mourning following the death of an Indonesian worker on the job at the Hutchison terminal in Jakarta.