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ITF inspectors, along with dockers’ and seafarers’ union members will begin the first East Asian maritime action week of 2013 on Monday across ports in Japan, Korea, Russia and Taiwan. The action week will run from 28 January to 1 February.Joint inspection teams will check and enforce decent pay and

The ITF is keeping the vessel Long Beach under observation after it reportedly loaded at the Mitsui-UGC terminal at the port of Vancouver, Washington State, USA, where unionised dock workers are currently locked out. The ITF is keeping the port under close watch. Following the Long Beach incident it

Twenty-nine international delegates and a representative each from the National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) and the Maritime Union of India (MUI) participated in the ITF Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meeting from 29-31 January, which was held in Mumbai, India for the first time. The meeting

ITF president and chair of the ITF dockers’ section Paddy Crumlin attended a solidarity meeting with striking dockworkers at the Port of Hong Kong this afternoon. Addressing members of the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD), Mr Crumlin said that systematic welfare abuses together with the woefully

Deputy ver.di chair Andrea Kocsis told a demonstration in support of workers sacked by DHL Turkey that the company had to enter dialogue with the workers and recognise their union, Tumtis. Twelve ver.di representatives visited Istanbul from 3-5 February to show solidarity with the workers. DHL

German workers whose jobs are under threat after a takeover by Vodafone will be demonstrating outside the company’s offices and flagship store in London on Monday 11 March.The demonstrations will be held from 10:00 to 11:30 outside the company’s global HQ in Paddington (the protest will be at the

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and its fellow global unions, along with the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) have united to condemn the latest undemocratic and anti-union tactic by Fiji’s illegal military government. The global union federations and ITUC have

Trade union representatives attending the United Nations' 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW 57) in New York have issued the following public statement. ITF women transport workers’ coordinator Alison McGarry explained: "We welcome this statement as it's imperative the

The ITF has sent a message of support to call centre workers at Delta Airlines in Chile who are on strike over the company’s refusal to honour a promise to reinstate former working conditions. Some 120 workers were hired to establish a call centre in Santiago in 2001. When the company entered

Unions representing employees at Spanish national airline Iberia have announced a series of strike dates after talks with management broke down. The strikes will take place from February 18 to 22, March 4 to 8 and March 18 to 22. The ground staff and cabin crew are protesting against plans to lay