The ITF has officially launched a campaign backing a Turkish aviation union’s struggle to reverse a ban on the right to strike and to reinstate more than 300 dismissed workers.
The campaign, which was launched this week, will prompt unions from acros…
More than 500 aviation workers from across Europe gathered outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, to voice their concerns about a proposed European Union regulation on ground handling. It is believed that the proposal aims to further li…
Workers from the LAN airline joined with their counterparts at Brazil’s TAM at Santiago airport in Chile last week to welcome the creation of a new, merged LATAM enterprise.
In a public event that sprung from a recent ITF LATAM organising meeting, tr…
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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 …
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…
The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) has passed a resolution at its executive board meeting decrying an attempt to outlaw the right to take strike action in the aviation industry through a legislative amendment.
The executive board of the…
Asserting union strength at global delivery companies worldwide was among the key topics discussed by activists attending a meeting in the UK this week.
More than 100 unionists from around the globe attended the ITF/UNI global delivery meeting in Londo…
More than 300 pilot and cabin crew unionists from across Europe have taken to the streets of the German city of Cologne in protest over the latest EU proposals regarding aircrew flight times.
Gathered in front of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EA…