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Global union federations challenge Turkish labour minister over labour law changes and strike ban 

Representatives from five global union federations (ITF, IUF, UNI PSI, ICEM) met with Farut Çelik, the Turkish labour minister on 12 June in Geneva. Their aim, was to raise a number of concerns, including pending changes in trade union and collective …


June 14, 2012

Geneva: Global Union Federations meet the Turkish Labour Minister

The Representatives of ITF, PSI, IUF, ICEM, UNI, CGU and union confederations of Turkey met with the Turkish Labour Minister in Geneva on June 12. Union representatives raised a number of concerns. These included pending trade union and collective labour relations legal changes, restrictions on the right to sign collective agreements, the recent blanket ban […]


June 13, 2012

2012 IATA AGM news

The 68th IATA Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit, was held in Beijing, from 10 to 12 June 2012, and hosted by Air China. Here are links to the news of all 3 days, from Flightglobal’s Airline Business Daily: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 It has been announced that next years AGM will be held in […]


June 12, 2012

More airlines may go bust, IATA warns as losses deepen (TravelMole.com)

European airlines are teetering on the brink of financial collapse, with combined losses expected to exceed $1billion this year, the International Air Transport Association warned today.


June 11, 2012

National action day on 9th June against Turkish Government ban on strikes in the aviation industry

Despite a wave of resistance actions by Hava-Is’ members, and strenuous protests by the ITF and ETF and their affiliates, an amendment banning aviation workers from carrying out and partaking in strikes has been rushed through the Turkish General Assembly and approved swiftly by the Turkish President Abdullah Gul. Hava-Is continues its struggle with the […]


June 8, 2012

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Workers fight to secure future in LATAM

Aviation unionists plan to challenge any job losses that result from the LAN – TAM (LATAM) merger, which will create one of the world’s largest airlines.
Unions from across Latin America met in Lima this week in order to respond to the sackings tha…