A new publication designed to provide an insight into ways of running successful seafarers’ centres was launched earlier this month.

The ITF has issued a letter of protest to the Kuwaiti government following reports from a dockers’ union that its labour rights are being violated; the government has sought to prevent it from taking strike action.

Aviation unions around the world have responded positively to a recent call for solidarity with UK cabin crew workers, who announced seven days of strike action last week.

The ITF held its first HIV workshop in Central America at the end of last month, prompting the mainly women participants to focus on ways of putting HIV and AIDS on the workplace agenda.

Union representatives and their allies in Germany won a majority on a UPS central European hub works council recently.

Cabin crew workers in the UK today announced that they would be taking seven days of strike action at the end of the month.

Multinational shipping giant, Maersk, is being urged to step in to ensure that a satisfactory outcome is reached in collective bargaining negotiations between Indian port drivers and a contractor.

The welcome acceleration in the ratification of International Labour Organisation (ILO) maritime conventions since the start of the year should encourage maritime unions around the world to push their own countries to ratify the three recent conventions.

A new concession introduced in the UK will help end the exploitation of migrant workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who are employed on fishing vessels in UK waters.

Transport trade unionists will put the spotlight on organising women workers and raising awareness of gender issues as part of international women’s day on 8 March.

The top legal body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) has ruled that judgements by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in 2006 were contrary to the most fundamental ILO standard - convention 87 on freedom of association.

Joint working to see a port worker in India reinstated has led to a closer working relationship between two ITF-affiliated unions.

The ITF has today called on its affiliates to prepare for lawful solidarity action over the Costa Rican government’s apparently deliberate destruction of a legitimate port workers’ union.

Cabin crew members at a UK airline have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over company impositions, changes to working practices and reductions in crew numbers.

Dockers in the Arab world region have expressed solidarity with port drivers in India who are fighting for their right to organise.

A new union video has condemned global delivery firm Deutsche Post DHL for betraying its hallmark value of respect for workers.

A protest letter from the ITF and action by affiliates has been linked to the release of bus workers’ leader Mansour Osanloo from solitary confinement.

An organising drive by a US affiliate has led to the total unionisation of the workforce at a major US airline.

Unionists in an Indian port presented a number of demands to the port trust, following two protest meetings earlier this week.

Three seafarers who were abandoned in a Danish port last December and who were to be deported after being accused of entering Denmark illegally have had all charges against them dropped.