International Transport Workers Federation
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Murky world of international shipping behind explosion in Beirut
- Middle East
- August 9, 2020, 18:00
Hidden behind the tragedy of Tuesday’s deadly explosion in Beirut is the more pervasive travesty of the abandonment of ships, seafarers and cargo, and(...)

Why we should ban autonomous cars now
- Innovation
- August 22, 2019, 04:15
I’m not a Luddite. I would not have been among the angry mob throwing their wooden shoes (known as sabos, hence saboteurs) into the workings of weavi(...)

Group alleging ‘slavery’ in fishing industry denied injunctions
- High Court
- December 7, 2018, 16:20
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) has failed to get injunctions against the State over a work permit scheme which it alleges allows(...)

Migrant fishermen claim their working conditions are akin to ‘modern slavery’
- High Court
- November 22, 2018, 21:16
Migrant fisherman working on Irish registered trawlers claim their working conditions are akin to “modern slavery”, the High Court has heard. The fis(...)

More turbulence on the horizon for Ryanair
- Transport & Tourism
- October 5, 2018, 05:30
Within hours of warning shareholders this week that profits would fall below what they were expecting, Ryanair was advertising 25 per cent off flights(...)

Ryanair cancels more flights than planned as strikes spread
- Transport & Tourism
- September 28, 2018, 08:24
Ryanair cancelled more flights than the 190 originally planned in Europe on Friday as German pilots joined cabin crew strikes in six countries. Crew (...)

Ryanair shareholders urged to oust O’Leary at agm
- Transport & Tourism
- September 11, 2018, 20:31
Ryanair shareholders should oust chief executive Michael O’Leary at the airline’s annual general meeting (agm) this month, an investment adviser has (...)

Ryanair may reverse decision to move aircraft from Dublin this winter
- Transport & Tourism
- September 5, 2018, 12:50
Ryanair may reverse a decision to move aircraft from Dublin this winter with the possible loss or transfer of 300 jobs after Irish-based pilots voted (...)

Ryanair accepts Fórsa as sole trade union for Irish cabin crew
- Transport & Tourism
- August 30, 2018, 08:28
Fórsa will be the only trade union to represent Ryanair’s 200 or so directly-employed Irish-based cabin crew following a deal struck between the pair.(...)

Varadkar appeals for Ryanair and unions to resume talks
- Transport & Tourism
- July 26, 2018, 21:04
A fourth one-day pilots’ strike at Ryanair next week will hit 3,500 of the airline’s passengers, the company has confirmed. Around 100 members of the(...)