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The largest ITF delegation to attend the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meetings is speaking up for the rights of women transport workers at the 60th session in New York this week.

Unions and workers across the world have united to put pressure on the logistics giant DHL, after abuses by the company were revealed in Panama, Chile and Colombia.

National Express shareholders are urging the company’s board to back a resolution at the annual general meeting (AGM) in May seeking an independent review of employment practices in its United States school bus subsidiary, Durham School Services (DSS).

ITF general secretary Steve Cotton visited Singapore from 3-4 March to highlight to its member unions the significance to the federation of the country as a strategic hub in the Asia Pacific region.

The ITF has condemned as illegal and inhumane the jail sentence imposed on Iranian trade unionist Reza Shahabi, and has demanded his immediate and unconditional freedom and return to work.

DHL workers in Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata took action yesterday (Sunday) over the treatment of fellow workers in Panama, Chile, and Colombia. Workers said they were angry but not surprised at the behaviour of the company in Latin America.

Transport workers from ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation)-affiliated unions around the world will be marking International Women’s Day (IWD) tomorrow, 8 March.

Transport union officials from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania at an ITF meeting in Nairobi welcomed newspaper reports that the Kenyan National Police Service Commission (NPSC) will crack down on police harassment and corruption in matatu (minivan) public transport.

The ITF has demanded justice following the death in custody on 21 February of Sheriff Diba, a leader of the Gambian National Transport Control Association (GNTCA).