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The ITF has been informed by ITF affiliate, the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD), that they have called an end to strike action which commenced on 28 March. Members of UHKD decided today, to accept a wage offer by contractors Everbest, Comcheung, Lem Wing and Pui Kee. We understand the offer also

Workers fighting for improved pay and decent working conditions at the Port of Hong Kong have voted to call off their industrial action after accepting an improved wage offer and promises of further negotiations on working conditions – as well as an assurance that there will be no retaliation

Access to Valparaiso Port in Chile was virtually closed on 4 April when maritime and seafarers’ union members and supporters marched to oppose government proposals to open the country’s cabotage to foreign competition and to push through legislation quickly. Privately owned terminal 1 was partially

Britain’s major transport unions are urging National Express Group shareholders to send a strong message of protest to senior management at today’s (Thursday 9 May) AGM over it labour relations record in North America. The unions - RMT, TSSA, Unite, ASLEF and the International Transport Workers’

Workers have overwhelmingly approved the first labour contract at the Pacific Beach Hotel in Waikiki, Hawaii, ending 10 years of dispute that wound up in the courts.

The ITF welcomed two Libyan unions to the global union family last week, and celebrated Libyan workers’ success in building a new democracy in the country

The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) is backing the film A Hijacking, which it describes as “brutally accurate in its depiction of the horror inflicted on the victims of pirate attacks”. Directed by Danish Director Tobias Lindholm, the film – which was shot on a ship that had

The ITF and its affiliated maritime unions in Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine will be exposing substandard working conditions and fighting for improved safety in what they have described as the ‘Black Sea of shame’, next week, from 13 to 15 May. The Black Sea is one of the

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is calling on international aviation authorities to investigate allegations that Turkish Airlines (THY) is playing with safety by flying airplanes with insufficient or unqualified crew in order to get around a strike by THY workers protesting at

• Turkish Courts find sackings of four Turkish DHL workers linked to union activities • Forum on Union Rights and Organising in Istanbul will call for stronger legal protections for DHL workers in Turkey • Global unions to join picket line for all 30 sacked Turkish DHL workers in Istanbul • ITF and