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Protecting the right to strike has featured heavily at the annual meeting of the British national trade union centre, the TUC.

A key group of transport unions meeting in Brussels on Wednesday determined to address worsening working conditions with a new campaign initiative, “Fair Transport Europe,” actively supported by ETF affiliates from the 28 European Member States.

A masked and gagged cabin crew member protested outside a global airline show in London this week ahead of an address by a Qatar Airways executive.

Around 250 participants, including representatives from the ITF and its affiliates, gathered in Paris for the ITUC's (International Trade Union Confederation) trade union climate summit to discuss their demands for COP21 and explore issues such as industrial transformation, just transition and building a strong climate movement.

An ITF report exposing tax avoidance by oil giant Chevron was one of the centerpieces of a special global labour tax summit held at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva today.

[GENEVA, 17 September 2015] - A report released today has revealed the extent of tax avoidance undertaken by US-based oil giant, Chevron, on its largest global project – the Gorgon LNG project in Australia.

A new report designed to identify key areas of concern for women seafarers will be the centrepiece of a meeting on the health and wellbeing of women working at sea, to be held in London tomorrow. The new Women Seafarers’ Health and Welfare Survey is a joint initiative by the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the International Maritime Health Association (IMHA), and the Seafarers Hospital Society (SHS).

A masked and gagged cabin crew member protested outside a London air show today where a Qatar Airways executive was speaking. The airline’s staff are denied a union voice to defend themselves and are subject to punishment for going public.