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Employers, governments and trade unions at United Nations labour body the ILO (International Labour Organization) have backed resolutions to tackle the root causes of the high death toll in trucking, and to protect passengers and drivers against ride-sharing apps.

A group of airline cabin crew members will gather outside the FC Barcelona members’ meeting in Barcelona on Sunday (25 October) to ask the football giant to search its soul – and reject further sponsorship by Qatar Airways.

A group of airline cabin crew members will gather outside the FC Barcelona members’ meeting in Barcelona on Sunday (25 October) to ask the football giant to search its soul – and reject further sponsorship by Qatar Airways.

Chevron has lost a landmark appeal in the Federal Court today and will have to pay over $250 million in back taxes and an estimated $60 million in fines.

The executive board of the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation), representing transport workers’ unions worldwide, has spoken out today in Chennai, India, to back the unions confronting Air France’s job cuts plan. The board also expressed their and their unions’ support for today’s demonstration in Paris* against the cuts.

The ITF is urging its civil aviation affiliates to sign a petition to win justice for 55 workers sacked by Bird World Wide Flight Services (BWFS) in New Delhi for forming a trade union or trade union activity.

A group of airline cabin crew members will protest outside the FC Barcelona members’ meeting at Barcelona’s Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, from 09:30 on Sunday 25 October. They will be asking attendees – socios – to uphold the club’s ideals of social responsibility and fairness, and reject further sponsorship by Qatar Airways.

An online appeal has been launched calling for the reinstatement of an Estonian shop steward reportedly sacked for speaking out against his employer.

Over 100 ITF inspectors have joined a march in Panama City against government attacks on the rights of Panamanian transport workers and the Panama Canal Authority’s (PCA) unwillingness to discuss safety concerns.

Five general secretaries from ITF affiliates in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi visited the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA) secretariat in Mombasa, Kenya on 19 October to present the truckers' memorandum of demands.