The ITF has sent a message of support to call centre workers at Delta Airlines in Chile who are on strike over the company’s refusal to honour a promise to reinstate former working conditions.
Some 120 workers were hired to establish a call centre…
Airline workers from two Toronto airports briefly visited the Canadian Headquarters and Sales Office of Turkish Airlines (THY) in Toronto on 16 January in support of the 305 workers sacked by THY.
The visit of workers from Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson …
ITF aviation unions are gearing up for the International Labour Organization’s Global Dialogue Forum on the effects of the global economic crisis on the civil aviation industry, which is taking place in Geneva on 20-22 February 2013.
ITF affiliates i…
European pilots and cabin crews organised ‘Walkout for Safety’ actions in the airports of more than 15 European countries on 22 January against the newly-proposed European flight duty time rules.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has draft…
Norway’s Parat union claims some progress in its continuing battle against unfair transatlantic competition in the airline industry, with the announcement by the Norwegian government on 17 January that it will not change its immigration laws at this …
Yesterday, Tuesday 22 January 2013, European pilots and cabin crews organised actions in airports of more than 15 European countries. Under the motto « Walkout for Safety », affiliates from the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and the European Cockpit Association (ECA) protested against the newly proposed European flight duty time rules.
The Global Dialogue Forum on the Effects of the Global Economic Crisis on the Civil Aviation Industry will be held at the International Labour Office in Geneva, from 20-21 February 2013.
ITF general secretary David Cockroft lent his personal support to workers fighting for reinstatement by Turkish Airlines when he joined their protest in Istanbul on 12 January.
Since early September 2012 the Turkish Civil Aviation Union (Hava-Is) has o…