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When? Monday 28 September 2015 at 11.00-12.00 Where? Maelbeek Room, Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, Brussels

For English translation of this Finnish language press release please see below

ITF unions are on a mission. On 5 October they will take to the streets to talk with passengers about how using and investing in public transport can cut down emissions, create millions of jobs and improve everybody's way of life.

A report of a survey into women seafarers’ health revealed that joint pain and stress were the two biggest health challenges for women seafarers, over 40 representatives from maritime welfare and union organisations heard at a high-level briefing on 17 September.

Addressing 1,600 participants at ver.di’s congress in Leipzig on 22 September, ITF general secretary Steve Cotton urged affiliates and global federations to work together in a concerted bid to tackle today’s challenges facing transport workers.

A delegation of top trade unionists met Palestinian government ministers and senior PLO officials and were warmly welcomed by union leaders and activists in Palestine during a three-day visit last week to promote justice and workers’ rights.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is condemning the coup by the presidential guard in Burkina Faso and backing trade unions who are launching an aviation strike tomorrow to protest against it.

Protecting the right to strike has featured heavily at the annual meeting of the British national trade union centre, the TUC.

A key group of transport unions meeting in Brussels on Wednesday determined to address worsening working conditions with a new campaign initiative, “Fair Transport Europe,” actively supported by ETF affiliates from the 28 European Member States.