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*David Cockroft General Secretary of the ITF
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*David Cockroft, General Secretary of the ITF

654 unions representing 4,500,000 transport workers in 148 countries are members of the ITF. It is one of several Global Union Federations allied with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).. more >>

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News online

14 Dec 2007
Champion of new DHL union in Greece vows to challenge dismissal
An employee, sacked for her role in establishing a new trade union in Greece to represent workers at global delivery company DHL, has pledged she will fight to be reinstated. Ekaterina Apostolopoulou was among six employees who initiated the...

12 Dec 2007
ITF welcomes court assertion on the right to take collective action
The ITF has welcomed an assertion by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) yesterday that the right to take collective action is a fundamental right. The court was hearing the case between Viking Line and the ITF and the Finnish Seamen’s Union (FSU)...
 

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Press releases

18 Nov 2008
South East Asia action concludes
The ITF’s South East Asia action week closed on Friday after operations in seven countries in the region. A particular focus for the week was the plight of exiled Burmese workers, and eight vessels with Burmese seafarers onboard are now under...

13 Nov 2008
South East Asia action week day 4 update
On the fourth day of the ITF’s South East Asia action week (10 to 14 November) the following updates have been received: ITF approved agreements have been signed by the operators of seven vessels after action by ITF-affiliated seafarers’ and...
 

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