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Representatives of the ITF Americas regional committee gathered last week in Rio de Janeiro to discuss regional priorities and set a workplan to be presented at a regional conference in November. Antonio Fritz, ITF Americas regional secretary said: “We have major challenges for the region in many

Seventeen women civil aviation workers from ITF affiliates worldwide including pilots, cabin crew, mechanics, baggage handlers and air traffic controllers participated in a leadership programme for women trade unionists in Esher, UK last week. It was co-designed and delivered by Alison McGarry, ITF

News that unnecessary reform in the ports of Israel has been delayed is being welcomed by the ITF. Plans were announced earlier this year to open two new ports in Ashdod and Haifa, but a panel of National Labor Court judges has now ruled that no action will go ahead until September 2013. It was

The ITF has expressed its outrage to the Philippines government over the second murder of a transport trade union leader in less than three weeks. At the beginning of July Antonio ‘Dodong’ Petalcorin, president of the Network of Transport Organizations, was shot outside his home. Now Kagi Lucman

ITF-affiliated union ACV/CSC TRANSCOM declared strike action may go ahead if Belgian airport privatisation ignores workers’ demands. When French company Egis takes over Ostend and Antwerp airports at the beginning of 2014, over 200 airport workers stand to lose out directly. Privatisation will have

ITF affiliates in the USA have reacted with disbelief as the chief employers’ negotiator went on holiday at a crucial point in negotiations. Thomas Hock, vice president for labour relations at Veolia, is allegedly earning 400,000 USD from the Bay Area Rapid Transport (BART) agency as their chief

The ITF and International Association of Public Transport (UITP) today signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), backing the expansion of public transport as a key driver of sustainable growth, key jobs, and environmental protection.

Union representatives working in the global delivery sector in Central America met in November to discuss strategies for protecting employees in an ever more hostile, anti-union environment.The ITF FES (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation) organising training seminar in Panama City brought together

Around 140 ITF affiliates marked World AIDS Day with a range of activities designed to raise awareness and beat discrimination on Sunday 1 December. Unions in over 50 countries, from Antigua, Bangladesh and Colombia to Venezuela, the UK and Zimbabwe ran a variety of activities in and around