The General Council of TUI Transport, Fisheries and Communication workers met in Istanbul, Turkey on May 20th 2015 for the first time after the successful XIII Congress of the organization held last September in Santiago, Chile.
The TUI board discussed various issues concerning the reality transport workers are facing in the various continents and approved various measures to strengthen international solidarity among transport workers of the world and support to their struggles.
This meeting will be followed by a series of trade union events in Turkey that will include the meeting of the TUI with transport unions from Europe and a commemorative event dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the WFTU on Friday, May 22nd.