Argentina: Latam workers suspend 24-hour strike after government intervention (m.rttnews.com)

Workers from Latam in Argentina canceled a 24-hour strike after the country’s Labor Ministry issued a mandatory conciliation order by the company’s request. “We abide by the mandatory conciliation and suspend the effect of the strike for 15 working days,” said unions in a statement. The conciliation meeting was scheduled for May 22. Workers decided […]


May 22, 2018

Air France-KLM boss steps down as staff reject pay offer (dw.com)

Air France-KLM CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac said Friday he would step down “within days” after staff at the carrier rejected a company pay offer aimed at ending a series of strikes in recent weeks. Airline officials said 55.4 percent of employees voted against the pay deal that included a 7-percent pay rise over four years. Unions […]


May 8, 2018

LATAM Airlines union says to strike on Tuesday, mediation failed (reuters.com)

The Cabin Crew Union of LAN Express, a subsidiary of the Chile-based LATAM Airlines group, said workers would strike on Tuesday after mediation with the government failed to produce a new labor contract. The union, which includes about 1,000 airline workers, said in a statement on Saturday that the strike would affect all local flights […]


April 9, 2018

Union for LATAM subsidiary says to strike as early as April 3 (cnbc.com)

A union of cabin workers for LAN Express, a subsidiary of LATAM Airlines, said it failed to reach agreement on a labor contract and voted to strike as early as Tuesday. The union, which includes nearly 1,000 of the airline’s crew workers, said in a statement late on Thursday that a strike would paralyze local […]


April 4, 2018

Ryanair against right to strike

Ryanair workers organised by our ITF/ETF affiliated organisations are being called to replace striking workers in Portugal. The ITF/ETF fundamentally questions Ryanair’s attempt to replace striking workers. The deployment of workers to break a strike constitutes a serious attack on the freedom of association, a freedom that is protected under international law. Ryanair should instead, […]


March 30, 2018

Fiji crisis: ITF & ITUC alert the ILO

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have today written to the director-general of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) calling on him to urgently intervene in the unfolding situation in Fiji. The general secretary of the Fiji Trades Union Council, Felix Anthony, was interrogated by police on consecutive days – […]


January 27, 2018

ITF welcomes win for Fijian aviation workers

The ITF has welcomed the ruling by the Fijian Employment Relations Tribunal that ordered the return of all Air Terminal Services (ATS) employees illegally locked out since December 16, 2017. In addition to ordering the return of all workers, on 20 January the tribunal ordered that all pay and entitlements from the time of the […]


January 24, 2018

Fiji: End the lockout at Nadi Airport (LabourStart)

Workers at Fiji’s international airport have been locked out since before Christmas because they dared to challenge management. The company that provides ground services at the airport is owned mostly by the Fijian government, but 49% of the shares are owned by the workers. For that reason, the workers tried to raise issues at shareholder […]


January 4, 2018