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A fundraising event organised by the Maritime Union of Australia’s (MUA) youth committee in support of the Palestinian General Union of Transport Workers (GUTW), has raised almost AUS$3,500.

It’s hoped the findings of a study jointly commissioned by the ITF and published today, will lead to significant improvements in the health, safety and welfare of workers in the global container industry.

A campaign of support by the ITF has won back wages due to the Indian crew of two ships left unpaid and effectively abandoned by their owners in British ports.

Since 1 September, 116 workers have been dismissed by Turkish transport company MEDLOG Logistics Shipping Tourism Inc (MEDLOG) in what they believe is an anti-union attack.

An independent study being published today is hoped to pave the way for significant improvements in the health, safety and welfare of workers in the global container port industry. Commissioned by IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) and the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and carried out by Cardiff University, the landmark report is the only one of its kind ever undertaken to such an exhaustive level.

Railway workers in Argentina took industrial action on 29 August to demand the reactivation of 120 kilometres of rail services that have been cancelled indefinitely since 28 July and which are affecting thousands of workers and passengers.

More than 2,500 pilots at UPS Airlines will benefit from a new five-year labour agreement negotiated by ITF union the Independent Pilots Association (IPA) and ratified by a vast majority of the company’s pilots.

Hope is growing for a successful resolution in the Malaviya Seven and Twenty cases that will lead to the abandoned crews receiving the recompense they deserve, according to the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) – which has supported them from the outset.