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news 18 Nov 2014

Major industrial hubs programme launches in UK

Local activists and trade union representatives from around the world met in Hull, UK to launch a major international ITF and IndustriALL union supply chain programme.

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news 14 Nov 2014

ITF welcomes reinstatement of Tunisian trade unionist

The ITF has welcomed the reinstatement of leading Tunisian union activist Thouraya Krichen at the Office of Merchant Navy and Ports in the Port of La Goulette, Tunis.

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(L to R): Harris, Cox & Cotton. Credit: Dominick Totino Photography

news 14 Nov 2014

ITF's Steve Cotton receives prestigious award

ITF general secretary Steve Cotton received a prestigious award at the United Seamen's Service (USS) annual Admiral of the ocean sea (AOTOS) awards ceremony held in New York on 7 November.

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Nermin Al-Sharif giving acceptance speech

news 13 Nov 2014

ITF applauds peace accolade for Libyan port workers’ leader

The ITF has congratulated Nermin Al-Sharif, president of the ITF-affiliated Dockers’ and Seafarers’ Union of Libya, on being awarded the Mediterranean prize for peace by the Italian federation for sports and environment (Arci).

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news 12 Nov 2014

ITF condemns South Korea ferry sentences

ITF seafarers’ section chair David Heindel today described the 36 year sentence handed down to Captain Lee Joon-Seok as “Excessive and unjust”.

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training_education 10 Nov 2014

ITF Climate Change Conference: Discussion Document

Transport workers and climate change: towards sustainable, low-carbon mobility.

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news 10 Nov 2014

El Salvador government needs to act on Soto killing

ITF president and national secretry of the MUA Paddy Crumlin has highlighted the inaction of the government of El Salvador on the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Gilberto Soto, a representative of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

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news 10 Nov 2014

ITF solidarity call for victimised Russia dockers’ leader

The ITF is urging its affiliates to back the solidarity campaign launched by the Confederation of Labour of Russia and the Dockers’ Union of Russia (DUR) for Leonid Tikhonov, a DUR leader who faces seven years in prison on what the union claims are false criminal charges.

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training_education 10 Nov 2014

ITF youth pack: helping unions to organise young workers

To build strong unions now and for the future it is crucial that the labour movement reaches out to groups of workers that have traditionally fallen through the organising net. Young workers are one of these groups. To help unions do just that, the ITF has produced a youth pack with all you need to

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news 07 Nov 2014

ITF helps secure international container safety code

Sustained campaigning by the ITF’s road, rail, dockers’ and seafarers’ sections has helped secure an international code of practice that sets out new safety guidelines on the packing of containers.

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Major industrial hubs programme launches in UK

ITF welcomes reinstatement of Tunisian trade unionist

ITF's Steve Cotton receives prestigious award

ITF applauds peace accolade for Libyan port workers’ leader

ITF condemns South Korea ferry sentences

ITF Climate Change Conference: Discussion Document

El Salvador government needs to act on Soto killing

ITF solidarity call for victimised Russia dockers’ leader

ITF youth pack: helping unions to organise young workers

ITF helps secure international container safety code

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