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**Civil aviation unions demand rights agreement or risk World Cup flights With less than a month to go before the World Cup starts, representatives of LATAM network trade unions met at the ITF office in Rio, Brazil last week to Далее

***TEAMSTERS TAKE ON NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING — Hoffa-Led Global Delegation Calls for Board Oversight of Worker Rights BIRMINGHAM, England, May 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa led a powerful delegation of Teamsters, including Далее

***British and US bus workers unite against National Express BRITISH and US bus workers have joined forces to tackle rights abuses perpetrated by one of the countries’ largest transport companies. National Express will have to face both members of British Далее

***Risk of extensive strike in Norwegian airlines The Norwegian airline with the same name is in danger of being thrown into a comprehensive strike by its cabin crew in Norway and Denmark within a short period of time. A strike Далее

***ITF Names Black Sea ‘Sea of Shame’ The International Transport Federation (ITF) informs that its multinational week of action with maritime unions in ports around the Black Sea has brought results, and the Federation has challenged conditions for seafarers working Далее

***Sindicalistas del mundo expresan solidaridad con Cuba Varadero, 29 abr. -Integrantes de la Federación Internacional de los Trabajadores del Transporte (ITF) expresaron hoy en esta ciudad, su solidaridad con Cuba y calificaron las festividades del Primero de Mayo como ícono Далее

***Rough trade, rough men Interested in this topic?Set up a custom email alert and we’ll tell you everytime we write more like this. Fish used to be the staple of the poor, but as a commodity has put on enormous Далее

Relief for crew of detained scandal ship The owners of the Turkish registered ship currently being detained off the Cornish coast have agreed to pay and repatriate its crew. The International Transport Workers’ Federation had set a deadline for the Далее

***Vessel arrested for failing to pay crew Interested in this topic?Set up a custom email alert and we’ll tell you everytime we write more like this. The Panama-flagged, 3,331 dwt general cargo ship Munzur has been detained by the UK’s Далее

***Runaway-Flag Ship Faces Arrest  The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), to which the SIU is affiliated, has issued the following news release and accompanying photos. A ship detained at Fowey for multiple safety and accommodation failings will face arrest at Далее