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The ITF Africa regional conference ended in Addis Ababa on Friday 27th September with a commitment to building stronger African unions. Over one hundred delegates, representing 28 countries all across Africa, came together to discuss and debate the challenges and opportunities facing African

The ITF has announced the latest wave of support for striking civil aviation workers as they pass 140 days of an indefinite strike against employers, Turkish Airways (THY). THY workers’ union Hava-Is called the indefinite strike back in May 2013, as employers refused to reinstate workers sacked by

Justice for murdered Filipino transport trade union leaders is one step closer, thanks to the efforts of the ITF affiliated Alliance for Progressive Labour (APL) and workers worldwide. Following meetings with the Philippine government this week, APL understands that Benjamin Go, the government

Sixty seven inspections in one week in designated ports in Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Philippines led to notices of warnings being issued to errant companies and unpaid wage claims. This latest ITF campaign to protect conditions for seafarers working on vessels in South East Asia resulted in

Port unions in terminals which are operated by global network terminal operator (GNT) DP World are getting ready to stage activities as part of a DPW global day of action. ITF dockers’ union representatives resolved during a meeting in Chicago in July 2013 to organise the action day as part of a

The ITF road and rail action week 2013 begins on Monday. Combining the annual road action weeks and rail action days in one event running from 7 to 13 October, it is designed to give workers and their unions the chance to take local issues to national governments and an international audience. Its

The ETF and several of its affiliates joined two other European union federations and the ETUC to urge the eradication of discrimination and abuses of social rights among posted workers. Some 4,000 workers and activists held a rally outside the European Commission building in Brussels on 23 January

A LabourStart fundraising event organised through Facebook in London on 4 May to celebrate International Workers Day gave the ITF an opportunity to thank the organisation for mobilising global support for trade union campaigns. Speaking at the event, held in London’s only pub to be run by a trade

ITF acting general secretary Steve Cotton last week heard directly from workers in Sweden on issues that matter to them on a short fact finding trip to the country. Visiting Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, Cotton spoke with Scandinavian airline workers and saw many aspects of daily work at a large

Global union federations the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and UNI Global Union announced last week that Turkey’s TUMTIS union has secured recognition from DHL as the lawful union of choice for DHL Turkey Supply Chain staff. The announcement that DHL will not contest TUMTIS’