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The ITF’s Gaza emergency appeal fund has topped 134,000 USD as the federation delivered its second shipment of desperately needed
He recollected key disputes and some of the giants of trade union history, past and present, with whom he had worked, before stating: “Many union bodies are good at talking.
This congress will be the first for the ITF which is fully digital. It means there won’t be any printing and all delegates are being offered a congress tablet handheld device.
Today, 20 August, the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) – the seafarers’ bill of rights – comes into force.
Workers all along the supply chain will be affected by the closure of a major Australian car manufacturer
The federation is organising a trade union relief effort to get desperately-needed supplies to the area.
As the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) comes into the force the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has promised to dedicate all its resources to helping it make real changes to
Winning a better deal for women is the title of the ITF’s new union resource, the women’s best practice guide, which has received ‘rave reviews’ from delegates during maritime union meetings this w
ITF acting general secretary Steve Cotton met workers from a range of sectors during a fact-finding trip to Singapore last week.
At a meeting in Kiev with Ukraine’s minister of infrastructure, Volodymyr Kozak, ITF acting general secretary Stephen Cotton welcomed Kozak’s commitment to work with the ITF and its affiliate the M
