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Over 2,000 taxi drivers demonstrated in front of Argentina’s Federal Capital Criminal and Correctional Court on 28 September to demand their participation as plaintiffs in the country’s legal process against Uber.

A global union federation mission concludes today after standing alongside South Korean workers staging their largest public sector strike in 20 years. Korean unions are fighting back against government plans that would make sackings easier and muzzle trade unions.

Brazil’s seafarers have won their long-running dispute with state-owned petroleum giant Petrobras.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today described the refusal of shore leave to seafarers on board Hanjin ships in the USA as a denial of human rights – and praised the actions of dockers in Seattle who have drawn the problem to public attention.

The ITF and its member the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) are spearheading a drive to defend the rights and livelihoods of the country’s dockers.

Unions are keeping the pressure on the Korean government over its attacks of workers’ rights, with two international delegations visiting the country this week.

내일 10명의 강력한 국제 노동조합 대표단이 연대를 위한 한국방문 목표에 대해 설명하는 기자회견 개최

A 10 strong international trade union team will speak out tomorrow to explain the goals of their solidarity visit to South Korea.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has condemned the sentencing of British labour rights researcher Andy Hall to three years’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, by the Bangkok Criminal Court on 20 September.

“When I get home my mission is to get my comrades motivated and activated.”