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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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10 Dec 2008
No justice for Hebei Two
For immediate release   Captain Jasprit Chawla and Chief Officer Syam Chetan were today sentenced to 1.5 years and 8 months imprisonment respectively by a South Korean court for alleged criminal negligence after the Hebei Spirit spill, in a...

03 Dec 2008
ITF condemns Zimbabwe arrests
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today unequivocally condemned the arrests of trade unionists in Zimbabwe. Among those being held for nothing more than having attended a peaceful demonstration are members of the ITF’s...


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