High level representatives of ITF Arab World aviation unions meeting in Tunisia have pledged their support for workers’ rights in Morocco. In a message of solidarity ahead of a demonstration on Sunday in Casablanca, the meeting backed the thousands of demonstrators planning to take to the streets to protest over deteriorating social and economic conditions, […]
Houcine Abbassi, secrétaire général de l’Union générale tunisienne du travail (UGTT) today welcomed delegates of the International Transport Workers’ Federation who are meeting at the Hotel Royal Hammamet to discuss the need for workers’ rights in Qatar Airways. Houcine encouraged the aviation trade unionists from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, US, Yemen, Morocco, Romania, Spain and […]
The ITF has urged the Senegalese president to act over punitive actions taken against aviation workers and their union, following a plea for help from its affiliate, the Syndicat Unique des Travailleurs des Transports Aériens et Activités Annexes du Sénégal (SUTTAAAS). The union had told the federation that a large number of employees had worn […]
The ITF has demanded immediate action to protect trade unionists in Libya after the attempted murder of a prominent activist. Nermin Al-Sharif, leader of the ITF-affiliated Dockers’ and Seafarers’ Union of Libya, was driving a car near Benghazi that crashed after it was followed by two other cars and shot at. She is now out […]
Qatar Still Targeted by International Unions Despite Improvements QATAR – Once more we hear of controversy regarding logistics groups working in, and with, countries which have a dubious record when it comes to human rights. The situation in Myanmar was graphically described in a piece earlier this year and the name of Qatar constantly surfaces […]
Qatar Airways begrudgingly moves with the times Given that trade unions are banned in Qatar, it should come as no surprise that the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has never been the strongest supporter of Qatar Airways. The two sides have been at loggerheads since 2013, when the ITF obtained copies of an employment contract […]
A group of airline cabin crew gathered outside the FC Barcelona members’ meeting on Sunday to ask the football giant to reject further sponsorship by Qatar Airways (QR). In the protest, at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya in Barcelona, the cabin crew were masked and gagged because QR staff are denied the right to […]
UPS pilots voted on Friday to strike against one of the nation’s largest parcel delivery companies on Friday, the union that represents them announced. The Louisville, Ky.-based Independent Pilots Association (IPA) said Friday that UPS pilots who are members of its union voted by a margin of 2,252 to 8 to strike against the renowned […]
