According to the website of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), “News that unnecessary reform in the ports of Israel has been delayed is being welcomed by the ITF. Plans were announced earlier this year to open two new ports…
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International Transport Workers Federation votes unanimously to support Israeli port workers
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At a conference last week in Chicago, delegates representing dock workers from around the world voted unanimously to support a resolution submitted by the Histadrut supporting the dock workers in Israel. The conference, organized by the International Transport Workers Federation,…
Border crossing project for Palestinian truckies launched
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A brand new initiative, designed to improve the lives of Palestinian drivers, saw its official opening this week. The launch of the ITF’s Palestine border crossing project at Tulkarem City was celebrated on 24 March. The innovative initiative, which began…
Palestinians well represented at historic first for ITF regional conference in Arab World
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The Palestinian trade union movement sent two delegates to Amman to help create a new Arab World section of the International Transport Workers Federation . More than 100 delegates from 33 unions representing transport workers in 10 countries met in…
Union lobbies for better trucker wages in Israel
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Unionists in Israel are embroiled in a dispute with the transport authorities in an effort to see better pay in the country’s trucking industry to help counteract the long hours culture. This is widely believed to lead to accidents, including…
Australian trade unions supporting Palestine/Israel peace process
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Trade unionists must show they can create practical examples of solidarity between Israelis and Palestinians, the president of the Australian Council of Trades Unions, Sharan Burrow, told a labour movement meeting in Sydney this week. ” These practical working models…
Transport worker solidarity in Palestine and Israel
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The International Transport Workers Federation has just posted onto YouTube this short video about the Histadrut-PGFTU joint project for Transport Workers. The project - mentored by the ITF - supports professional Palestinian truckers needing to get through military checkpoints. Click…
British RMT union shows solidarity with Israeli and Palestinian transport workers
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The British National Union of Rail, Martine and Transport Workers union (RMT) is hosting an Israeli and a Palestinian delegate at its annual conference in the Isle of Man this week (28 June–3 July 2009). Avi Edri, the Chairman of…