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The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) stands in solidarity with our South African affiliates and all other South African unions and democratic organisations to remember the passing of Comrade Nelson Mandela, the visionary leader of the South African liberation struggle. We mourn the

The ITF road transport section steering committee meeting in Belgium last week condemned the murder of Antonio “Dodong” Petalcorin and announced actions to end the violence against trade unionists in the Philippines.

The ITF is supporting workers at the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland whose operator today announced it is to close the petrochemical facility at the site, with the probable loss of over 700 jobs. Eleven hundred members of ITF-affiliated Unite the Union are under attack from the facility’s

Support for locked out port workers in the Pacific Northwest of America continues to grow, the latest display being a visit from a Japanese union leader to the picket lines in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.

Transport sector workers in Tunisia have called a one-day strike on 12 December 2013 in response to the continuing erosion of workers’ rights. ITF affiliates Fédération Nationale des Transports (FNT) and Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT) have jointly called on Tunisia’s supervisory

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today demanded the president of Guatemala reinstate protection for a dock workers’ union leader whose life is in danger – and challenged the president over the behaviour of the government mediator that he has personally approved to oversee the

The ITF has pledged to continue the struggle for mandatory weighing of containers. It follows a decision at the IMO (International Maritime Organization) this week not to adopt legislation which would have brought in a compulsory weighing system in ports worldwide.

The ITF summer school for young activists, which started on Monday 24 June, ends today in the USA. The week-long event provides an opportunity for young activists to get together, network, and develop skills in international campaigns and solidarity.

Representatives of the ITF and International Union of Foodworkers (IUF) this week spoke at a conference, where activists and government representatives alike discussed the continued organisation of workers in the fisheries industry.

The ITF Seafarers’ Trust – the charity arm of the International Transport Workers” Federation – today authorised two grants totalling GBP100,000 to aid Filipino seafarers and their families affected by Typhoon Haiyan.The grants, for GBP50,000 each are being awarded to the Associated Marine Officers’