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03 Jul 2014
ITF backs workers in Europe
The ETUC says that workers across Europe continue to experience economic and social uncertainty five years after the recession hit the continent. The campaign seeks...
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03 Jul 2014
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Maritime unions gather to strengthen South Pacific trade unionism
Maritime Unions have met in Auckland, New Zealand, to work towards a Regional Maritime Federation to build union strength throughout the South Pacific.The meeting...
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03 Jul 2014
Swazi union leader finally free
ITF affiliate STAWU has been fighting to free Thwala since 2012, when he was arrested and charged on a picket line protest. Swaziland is one of the world’s last...
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03 Jul 2014
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Australian activists visit USA to consult on Chevron logjam
Trade unionists from the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and the MUA (Maritime Union of Australia) have arrived in the USA for an eight day...
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03 Jul 2014
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Activists take concerns direct to Chevron hometowns
Australian trade unionists challenging the record of oil giant Chevron in its US home state have been welcomed by local activists, groups and politicians who share...
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03 Jul 2014
ITF celebrates Fiji union win
The ITF-affiliated union's president, Dan Urai, was one of six union leaders charged by the military dictatorship on January 9 – despite the fact that the union...
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03 Jul 2014
Trade union leaders pay tribute to Bob Crow
Thousands of supporters lined the streets of the East End to catch a final glimpse of Crow as his coffin was horse-drawn from his council flat at Woodford.Crow was...
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03 Jul 2014
Press Release
East Asia maritime week begins
ITF inspectors and dockers’ and seafarers’ union members began an East Asian maritime action week today in ports in Japan, Korea, Russia and Taiwan. The event...