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ITF sounds warning after Rotterdam port verdict
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has warned that today’s written decision by the Rechtbank Rotterdam court – which found in favour of the city’s Port Authority – should not lead
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ETF casts a critical eye over the Mid-Term Review of the EU’s Maritime Transport Policy
On 5 June 2014, the Council of the EU adopted the conclusions formulated in the context of the mid-term review of the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 and outlook to 2020. The review has been
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Taxi unions to take on Uber app
Taxi worker unions meeting in Belgium today pledged to take action to prevent potentially unsafe competition by non-regulated freelance companies using app technologies. Taxi worker trade unions that
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To the Harper Government: “Release the Text of the CETA Agreement”
Canadian Maritime and Supply Chain Coalition Urges for Full Disclosure of CETA Montreal, Quebec, Canada- September 10, 2014- The Canadian Maritime and Supply Chain Coalition today learned that
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Belgian-Kenyan solidarity project fights for decent work
The Belgian ETF affiliate ABVV-BTB has set up a cooperation with the dockers union KDWU and the truckers union KLDTDU, both operating in Kenya. The aim of the project is to contribute to the fight for
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ETF welcomes US DOT decision on Norwegian Air
The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) welcomes the decision of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) to deny Norwegian Air International (NAI) an exemption for a foreign air
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ITF ETF affiliates launched campaign against IKEA
Two ITF/ETF affiliated unions in Belgium and the Netherlands have launched a campaign against IKEA, which they accuse of social dumping. The Belgian Transport Union (BTB) and FNV Bondgenoten in the
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ITF 43rd congress officially closes in Sofia, Bulgaria
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) 43rd congress in Sofia, Bulgaria has been hailed as the best ever at its closing ceremony today. ITF president Paddy Crumlin was re-elected
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FTTUB leader to be ITF Vice-President
Ekaterina Yordanova, President of Bulgaria’s transport union FTTUB, will become Vice-President of the prominent International Transport Workers’ Federation, the ITF’s Congress agreed as it closed
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ITF congress vows to keep track of Amazon
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has vowed to keep a close eye on the online retailer Amazon due to its ongoing failure to provide better working conditions and collective
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ITF congress remembers 1889 London dockers’ strike
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, today remembered the 1889 Great London Dock Strike as a great early example of international solidarity. Meanwhile in
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ITF world congress begins Sunday in Bulgaria
The four-yearly world congress of the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) will begin on Sunday in Sofia, Bulgaria. Running from 10 to 16 August, the event is the ITF’s supreme decision
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