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news 05 May 2023

African leaders urged to harness seafarer green skills momentum

To take advantage of the social and economic benefits of shipping’s green transition, African maritime leaders are being encouraged to implement infrastructure to train and upskill seafarers. Mombasa, Kenya, 5 May, 2023: As the maritime industry transitions to a low and zero-carbon future, African

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news 03 May 2023

Aviation union advance new deal for aviation workers at the ILO

Aviation unions have secured major steps forward in advancing labour standards for the global aviation industry at a tripartite meeting at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting took place from 24-28 April 2023, bringing together government officials of ILO

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campaigns 01 May 2023

Campaigning with us: have your say

Solidarity between working people, from every corner of the globe, will help us get through the challenges we face. Our unity is our strength and it’s how we win campaigns — whether that’s for safe rates agreements for truck drivers, pay rises for railway workers, a just transition for aviation and

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campaigns 30 Apr 2023

Restore Dignity to India's Pension System

Changes to India’s pension scheme have left hundreds of millions of workers worse off - breaking the government’s promise that it would not. In 2004, the Indian government scrapped the ‘Old Pension Scheme’ (OPS) and replaced it with a ‘National Pension Scheme’ (NPS), going from a defined-benefit

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news 28 Apr 2023

Organising for safer workplaces this International Workers’ Memorial Day

Unions remember workers lost to negligent employers and safety standards Today, the 28th of April, marks International Workers’ Memorial Day, when trade unions around the world remember and mourn the loss of the colleagues, friends and family who never came home from work. Most of these tragedies

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news 26 Apr 2023

Georgian and Uzbek drivers win back over €300,000 sounding alarm for European trucking industry

LONDON, BRUSSELS, GRÄFENHAUSEN — After weeks of striking, around 60 truck drivers at the Gräfenhausen rest area in Germany have won their battle against Polish consortium Lukmaz, Agmaz and Imperia. The drivers, who are mostly from Uzbekistan and Georgia, have collectively won back over €300,000 in

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news 24 Apr 2023

Global unions rally for Safe and Sustainable Rail

At the ITF Railways Section conference in Johannesburg last month, we set out our vision for the world’s railways – a system which functions on behalf of people, with workers and passengers at the heart of decision-making. That is what we demand when we demand Safe and Sustainable Rail, and on the

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news 24 Apr 2023

60% pay rise won by 200,000 riverboat workers

More than 200,000 inland waterway transport workers in Bangladesh have won a tremendous 60 percent pay rise and greatly improved working conditions. The win comes after months of strike action and negotiations between the workers’ unions and vessel owners. Naujan work aboard thousands of riverboats

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news 20 Apr 2023

ITF and IUF forge Tourism Workers’ Alliance to drive rethink of global tourism model

St John’s, Antigua — The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers Associations (IUF) have joined forces to create the Tourism Workers’ Alliance. The Alliance is a collaborative trade

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news 20 Apr 2023

Supreme Court ends Waterfront Commission’s reign of union-busting in New Jersey port

New Jersey’s port is free of the meddling of the archaic Waterfront Commission after the unanimous decision on Tuesday (18 February 2023) by the United States Supreme Court to allow the state to quit the regulatory body. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has campaigned for years to

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African leaders urged to harness seafarer green skills momentum

Aviation union advance new deal for aviation workers at the ILO

Campaigning with us: have your say

Restore Dignity to India's Pension System

Organising for safer workplaces this International Workers’ Memorial Day

Georgian and Uzbek drivers win back over €300,000 sounding alarm for European trucking industry

Global unions rally for Safe and Sustainable Rail

60% pay rise won by 200,000 riverboat workers

ITF and IUF forge Tourism Workers’ Alliance to drive rethink of global tourism model

Supreme Court ends Waterfront Commission’s reign of union-busting in New Jersey port

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