Joint press release: Report from IBF talks, London

Please find this joint press release attached and below.

Yours,

Sam Dawson

 

 

21 November 2017

Joint press release: Report from IBF talks, London

On Friday the 17 November 2017, representatives from the discussion groups of the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) met to continue discussing various issues that had been identified during the last round of negotiations which took place in Tokyo in July.

 

The parties made significant progress on important issues and have agreed to hold the final round of negotiations in February 2018. Both parties are committed to finding solutions and concluding a new IBF Agreement during that round.

 

It was also agreed that the 2017 IBF Agreement will remain valid past the 2015 - 2017 IBF Agreement expiration date of 31 December 2017 – and that the new IBF Agreement will enter into force at a date to be agreed on by the parties.

 

ENDS

 

For more details please contact:

ITF. Sam Dawson. Email: dawson_sam@itf.org.uk

IMEC. Adam Lewis. Email: adam.lewis@imec.org.uk

 

 

 

 

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