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ITF affiliates globally are urging their governments and employers’ organisations to push for an ILO convention to stop gender-based violence at work, as part of their preparations to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March.

Worldwide action organised by the ITF and Public Services International (PSI), in concert with other global unions, the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) and trade unions worldwide, has helped thwart an attempt to remove the right to strike at the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Following a worldwide trade union campaign to defend it, the right to strike has been re-affirmed at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is joining its affiliate the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) in celebrating the signing of a new collective agreement for workers at the Ports of Auckland.

British members of parliament (MPs) Ian Lavery and Jim Sheridan took part in a series of events during their fact-finding mission to the United States concerning school bus services owned by UK-based multinational transportation company National Express.

The international Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has welcomed a tentative agreement struck between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on a new five-year contract covering workers at all 29 West Coast ports of the USA.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has once again thrown down the gauntlet to Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, and challenged him to prove that the airline is reforming its practices.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has made progress in improving arrangements for shore leave for seafarers. At a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, employers, trade unions and governments agreed a common approach to improving ILO Convention 185, which covers identity documents for seafarers, enabling access to shore leave.

ITF-affiliated union BTB has taken action in its ongoing efforts to confront app-based taxi system Uber over protecting standards for drivers and passengers.