The Victoria branch of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU), Australia, has won at 14 percent wage increase from Metro Trains Melbourne and Yarra Trams after determined industrial action in August and September.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is joining its affiliate the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), in calling for the suspension of an anti-cabotage licence granted to American aluminium corporation Alcoa.
Tunisian trade unionists awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize will highlight concerns about on-going human rights abuses at Qatar Airways before receiving their prize in Norway on Thursday, 10 December.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is among trade unions meeting at COP21 in Paris tonight to discuss the global climate crisis and the role of unions in addressing it.
Some 200 motor coach repair shop workers locked out by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission in Canada are being backed by the ITF in their plea for the government to agree to binding dispute resolution.