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***MEPS ADOPT SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY REFORM With social protests as a backdrop, the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport (TRAN) adopted on 30 January, its reform of the single European sky. As was to be expected, MEPs did not follow the Далее

***Giant Global Freight and Logistics Provider Finally Looks to Settle Acrimonious Labour Disputes 30 January 2014 GERMANY – WORLDWIDE – Finally, after what can only be described as an acrimonious dispute it appears a long and bitter saga between one Далее

***Russian pilots raise alarm over safety at Aeroflot A union of Russian pilots at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport on Tuesday accused the country’s flagship carrier Aeroflot of endangering passengers’ lives by overworking staff in search for profit. The Sheremetyevo Cockpit Далее

***Trawlers treat illegal migrants ‘like slaves’ Union says up to 700 people face long hours and low pay in Irish waters, writes John Mooney A GLOBAL organisation which represents mariners and seafarers believes that as many as 700 migrants are Далее

***European air traffic controllers to strike next week VIENNA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Planned strikes by air traffic controllers in several European countries are expected to disrupt flights next week, the Austrian Press Agency (APA) reported Thursday. The would-be strikers Далее

***Flag of Convenience Merchant Ships Commit Offences Worldwide UK – SOUTH EAST ASIA – Since the Maritime Labour Convention came into force in August 2013 seafarers representatives such as the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) have had enhanced ability to Далее

***German air traffic controllers call strike for Wed morning FRANKFURT, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Germany’s air traffic controllers will hold a one-hour strike on the morning of Jan. 29 in a show of support for other European colleagues taking strike Далее

***The slaves in peril on the sea; They fly to Britain on the promise of employment, but Filipino seamen are being trapped, beaten and forced to work for nothing on British trawlers Sutton harbour, Plymouth, 8am. The flutter of the trawlers’ flags Далее

***ITF takes swipe at MLC over Donald Duckling saga The repatriation of the crew of the abandoned bulker has sparked anger in the International Transport Workers’ Federation, which claims the incident shows the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) is flawed The Далее

***World’s biggest labor watchdog coming to S. Korea The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (OECD-TUAC) and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) – the biggest labor union of the world – will visit South Korea to investigate the status Далее