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Secret corporate structures rife in North Sea Oil
The London based International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) today released the report, Offshore Oil, Offshore Tax. Steve Cotton, ITF General Secretary, said the report laid out in detail the…
Kazakhstan transport union takes first steps towards joining ITF family
ITF general secretary Steve Cotton met with leaders of the Kazakhstan Sectoral Trade Union of Workers of Railway, Road, Air and Water Transport  (KazProfTrans) including chair, Orazgali…
Algerian ports and transport and oil and gas unions join forces in ITF hubs alliance
The three unions, affiliated to the Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens (UGTA), the Federation nationale des travailleurs des transports (FNTT), the Federation Nationale des Travailleurs des…
ITF leaders witness Korea’s persecution of trade unionists and demand justice
Cho Sung-deok, vice-president of ITF union the KPTU (Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union), was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on 26 July in relation to his involvement in the…
North Sea oil strikers want your messages of support!
The ITF has publicly backed those working for Wood Group on Shell’s North Sea oil and gas platforms and sent a message of support, and now it’s inviting unions to send theirs too. In the ITF’s letter…