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Let’s not forget: keeping HIV prevention in focus
Today on World Aids Day the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is urging stakeholders across the transport sector not to lose focus of HIV...
Strikes in South Korea shut down road freight as fight for Safe Rates escalates
Road freight transport was seriously affected in South Korea last week as truck drivers took strike action across the country. The three-day strike from 25 to 27...
ITF condemns attempted murder of Argentinian dockers leader amid elections
An attempt was made on the life of the Chair of the ITF Committee for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Roberto Coria, on Thursday morning local time....
Global Unions join Biden, EU Parliament in call for urgent waiver on vaccine patents to tackle dangerous new variants
Geneva, London, 29 November 2021 - The Council of Global Union (CGU), representing over 200 million workers, has urged UK, Switzerland, Germany and the EU...
Domestic violence is a workplace issue and a men’s issue, unions tell employers
A new report calls on transport employers to do more to tackle domestic violence amongst its predominantly male staff with key recommendations for how to do...
Egyptian fisher nets €20,000 award after being underpaid, overworked - but deficiencies in Irish law persist for migrant workers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), which has been running a campaign to improve migrant fishers’ working lives in Ireland for a decade has...
On #WorldToiletDay, transport workers demand decent sanitation facilities
The global sanitation crisis affects nearly half of the world's population — and is felt keenly by transport workers who are always on the move. Help us expose...
Transport workers demand governments get climate action back on track after COP26
COP26 has made one thing clear: the struggle of trade unions globally for climate justice is more important than ever after the Glasgow climate conference fell...