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International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) general secretary Stephen Cotton, and a delegation of ITF unions, is at a regional meeting in Manila, the Philippines, of Asia’s leading seafaring nations that has agreed the first ‘Manila statement on the fair treatment of seafarers’.

In Sydney today union members from Hutchison ports in Indonesia, Pakistan and Australia joined forces to form a regional safety committee.

Stephen Cotton and Paddy Crumlin have been re-elected to lead the ITF for another five years.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and its affiliated unions have stepped up support for members of the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU) working on the Seoul Metro Line 9, who are seeking public ownership and operation of the line.

The ITF has written to central and regional governments in India demanding they intervene in a dispute between drivers and the ride-hailing companies Uber and Ola.

Shareholder support for Ryanair chairman David Bonderman at the company’s recent AGM was even lower than reported, new research by trade union groups shows.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) fights for the rights of airline workers globally, including ground staff, cabin crew and pilots. ITF has become increasingly concerned about the role of commercial airlines in forced deportations and the impact this has on front-line staff.