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ITF welcomes progress in Egyptair dispute

Substantial progress has been made in an ongoing dispute at Egyptair, thanks to the ITF’s intervention on 7 September, when police and security guards reportedly failed to protect striking cabin crew members at Cairo Airport.  
The intervention imme…


September 12, 2012

London Labour Film Festival: Shorts Competition Results (ITF’s Turkish Airlines dispute video clip recognised)

….The organisers also commend the following films:

21 Years effective testimony on the dangers of chemical treatment of banana crops and part of a series films about worker abuses in the Cameroon from the Make Fruit Fair campaign. Starting to Smoke Again A rail worker, caught between the decisions of big business has a long walk home in 2012. Winning in the Worlds’ Ports provides insight into dockers’ struggles and successes. Rights Removal: an ambitious film using an unusual scenario highlighting a very important issue at the current time. Brutally Yours: A nice agit prop piece. Rig Life and finally Union Street by Benjamin Bee.


September 11, 2012

ITF reports ‘substantial progress’ in Egyptair dispute (ITF press release)

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is pleased to announce that what it describes as ‘substantial progress’ has been made in an ongoing dispute at Egyptair. The global union intervened last Friday, 7 September, when police and security guards reportedly failed to protect striking cabin crew members at Cairo Airport (see this earlier press release).


EgyptAir cabin crew strike halts international flights (Arabian Aerospace)

EgyptAir has had to a cancel a number of its international flights today due to a strike by the airline’s cabin crew.


September 7, 2012