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News | 17 Jul 2014

ETF congress discusses work priorities

Affiliates at the ETF 2013 congress on 29-31 May in Berlin, Germany assessed ETF activities over the past four years and set the organisation’s work priorities...

News | 17 Jul 2014 Press Release

Bob Carnegie case: ITF statement

ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) president Paddy Crumlin today spoke out in defence of trade unionist Bob Carnegie and in strong condemnation of...

News | 17 Jul 2014

Cockroft hands over ITF reins

On David Cockroft’s final day as ITF general secretary, 31 May, he sent a personal message to the organisation’s affiliates in which he formally handed over the...

News | 17 Jul 2014 Press Release

Bangladesh ferry sinking, ITF comment

Commenting on Friday’s Bangladesh ferry sinking, Nick Bramley, chair of the ITF inland navigation section and Nautilus International senior national secretary in...

News | 17 Jul 2014 Press Release

Bob Carnegie update

Reacting to news that Abigroup/Lend Lease dropped several charges against Bob Carnegie, MUA national secretary and ITF president Paddy Crumlin said, while the news...

News | 17 Jul 2014 Press Release

Thomson Majesty lifeboat accident, ITF comment

Commenting on the loss of five lives during a lifeboat practice launch on the Thomson Majesty, Bjorn-Erik Kristoffersen, the ITF's representative on the lifeboat...

News | 17 Jul 2014 Press Release

FIRST REACTION OF EUROPEAN TRANSPORT SECTOR TO THE EU BUDGET DEAL: A

On 8 February, European leaders finally reached an agreement on the EU budget for the next seven years. With a cut of one third in the 32 billion EUR initially...

News | 17 Jul 2014

Global unions condemn Fiji government decree

The ITF, fellow global unions and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have jointly condemned the latest undemocratic and anti-union tactic by...