“We’ve set up a desk at headquarters where women can come and raise their issues. We promote it at meetings and social gatherings so that every woman knows that they can get support.”
The largest ITF delegation to attend the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meetings is speaking up for the rights of women transport workers at the 60th session in New York this week.
Unions and workers across the world have united to put pressure on the logistics giant DHL, after abuses by the company were revealed in Panama, Chile and Colombia.
National Express shareholders are urging the company’s board to back a resolution at the annual general meeting (AGM) in May seeking an independent review of employment practices in its United States school bus subsidiary, Durham School Services (DSS).
ITF general secretary Steve Cotton visited Singapore from 3-4 March to highlight to its member unions the significance to the federation of the country as a strategic hub in the Asia Pacific region.
The ITF has condemned as illegal and inhumane the jail sentence imposed on Iranian trade unionist Reza Shahabi, and has demanded his immediate and unconditional freedom and return to work.
DHL workers in Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata took action yesterday (Sunday) over the treatment of fellow workers in Panama, Chile, and Colombia. Workers said they were angry but not surprised at the behaviour of the company in Latin America.