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15 May 2016
Press Release
Global solidarity and practical next steps are outcomes of ITF youth mission to Palestine
The delegates, from Australia, UK, Canada and South Africa, met drivers at the ITF Palestinian truck drivers’ project at the Irtah crossing between Palestine and...
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16 May 2016
Press Release
ITF calls for immediate intervention to defend the rights of Brazilian workers
On 4 May 2016, Brazilian seafarers’ unions affiliated to the huge CONTTMAF (Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Transportes Aquaviários e Aéreos, na...
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18 May 2016
Press Release
Brazil sea strike on hold as Superior Labour Court upholds right to strike
The court acted after the seafarers’ confederation, CONTTMAF, alerted it to threats to crew and anti-union actions by oil carrier Transpetro aimed at breaking...
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20 May 2016
Favourable court ruling puts Brazil seafarers’ strike on hold
The strike was over health and safety standards and discriminatory practices that potentially undermined the national flag identity of Brazil’s offshore and...
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27 May 2016
Press Release
Global federations collaborate against job losses in the North Sea
In both the oil-service sector and within the subsea-contractor segment there are still companies that are not covered by collective bargaining agreements,...
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03 Jun 2016
Global supply chain workers need international standard – unions press demands at International Labour Conference
Transport workers are often the hidden workforce in global supply chains. They experience serious abuses of their rights and working conditions, yet everyone...
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09 Jun 2016
Asia Pacific young workers get connected
Fourteen men and ten women participated in an ITF workshop in Singapore from 30 May to 1 June, where they shared experiences, discussed the challenges facing unions...
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15 Jun 2016
We’re winning protection for workers in global supply chains
They strongly welcomed the ILC’s conclusion, in response to union pressure, that the International Labour Organization (ILO) arrange a tripartite meeting to...