Solidarity

The ITF/ETF was created out of solidarity between striking workers and we still believe that the best way for transport workers to build global structures is by backing other workers in their struggles.

Current Issues:

2 November 2006: ETF shares concerns of Moroccan trade union Union des Syndicats UMT des Transports over the possible dismissal of 2000 dock workers

17 May 2006: ETF supports the Port Workers' Union at Khour Al-Zubeir Port in Iraq

9 May 2006: Romanian port workers’ union FNSP protests against the growing informal work in Romanian seaports

22 June 2005: Railway Strike in Romania

9 February 2005: ETF supports the railway trade union action in FYR Macedonia!

News online

16 February 2010
ETF expresses its condolences to families of dramatic train accident in Belgium
On Monday morning, 15 February 2010, a dramatic train accident in Buizingen, Belgium, caused death to at least 18 people, more than 170 persons got injured. On behalf of its affiliates, the ETF has... more >>

8 July 2009
ETF Expresses Its Solidarity with Honduran Workers
The ETF expresses its solidarity with Honduran workers who are suffering disproportionately due to civil unrest within the country after the military coup d’etat on 28 June 2009. President... more >>

Press releases

15 February 2010
Iran govt latest jail move ‘deliberate insult to UN’
TitleThe ITF has condemned the latest reported targeting of imprisoned trade union leader Mansour Osanloo by the Iranian authorities. more >>

12 February 2010
Here’s the evidence, now Maersk must act
The ITF today supplied Møller-Maersk with further proof for its assertion that for years one of its subcontractors in India has got away with violent attacks on its workers, and demanded that the Danish multinational finally sever its ties with the company. more >>