The ITF’s air traffic services (ATS) affiliates from 20 countries have agreed to develop a global strategy to stop any negative impact on flight safety and aviation workers’ conditions posed by the growing use of remote air traffic control towers far from airports. Sixty-five delegates gathered on 5 and 6 February for a lively two-day […]
Strikes by civil aviation workers in Brazil and Argentina on 3 February were the latest actions in a battle across the region to improve working conditions at the giant LATAM Airlines Group (LATAM). The two-hour stoppage in Brazil was part of a general strike organised by pilots, cabin crew and ground staff over the collective […]
Global union federation the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today condemned the killing of three Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) workers and the wounding of 12 others at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Tuesday. ITF general secretary Steve Cotton explained: “PIA workers are committed to fighting the planned privatisation of the national airline. On Monday the […]
Aviation workers in Brazil voted to strike on February 3rd· Strikes likely to continue in Argentina · Colombia is negotiating to improve conditions for workers and may join in actions supporting the Brazil and Argentina stoppages. Aviation workers from Brazil and Argentina are striking to improve the working conditions at the giant LATAM Airlines Group. […]
The ITF has united with its affiliate the Thai Airways International Union (TG Union) and the State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation (SERC) to bring a complaint to the International Labour Organization (ILO) about the government of Thailand’s failure to protect workers’ rights. The complaint, to the ILO’s Committee on Freedom of Association, said the Thai […]
Online registration for the Remote Towers Conference (4-5 February 2016) in London is now open. The purpose of the conference is to initiate a comprehensive discussion on remote towers to build a union strategy for it. After a decade of intensive research and development, and millions that had been spent in investment, the idea providing […]
Today, International Migrants’ Day, and the ITF is publishing on social media a series of pictures with Qatar Airways cabin crew from different global destinations: https://twitter.com/ITFglobalunion Please re-tweet and post to Facebook to help us get fantastic coverage! And if you’d like to know more about the treatment of workers in Qatar, the ITUC have […]
On 11 November 2015, the Governing Body of the ILO issued its 376th Report of Committee on Freedom of Association. The report includes its 2nd follow-up (virtually, 3rd recommendation) on the Japan Airlines (JAL) dispute regarding the dismissals of 165 pilots and cabin crew members by JAL. The Committee elaborates the background of the dispute […]
