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ITF statement on Air India flight AI171 crash
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is shocked and saddened by the crash of Air India flight AI171 to London Gatwick shortly after take-off from Sardar Vallabhai Patel Internation
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Protecting seafarers from criminalisation: industry leaders unite to address a growing crisis
The maritime industry faces an urgent challenge: the increasing criminalisation and unjust treatment of seafarers. Despite being vital to global trade, seafarers often face unjust criminal charges
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ITF statement on the assault and detention of SEIU leader David Huerta
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and our global family of over 700 transport unions condemn the violent assault and detention of SEIU Local USWW President David Huerta by ICE
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Solidarity with Iran’s striking truck drivers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), representing over 16 million transport workers in 150 countries, stands in unwavering solidarity with the courageous truck drivers of Iran who
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Women metro workers face rising risks from automation, warn global union leaders
ITF highlights urgent need for gender-responsive strategies as automation transforms metro systems worldwide. Women metro workers are bearing the brunt of automation’s advance in public transport
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Seafarers’ unions and maritime employers agree pay boost under world’s largest Collective Bargaining Agreement
Seafarers around the world will receive a two-year, 5% pay rise after negotiations at the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) in Singapore last month. The pay award will be implemented through a 3.5%
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ITF leads push for an ILO Convention on platform work as International Labour Conference opens
Geneva – The 113th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) opens today in Geneva, bringing together governments, employers and workers’ delegates from all 187 ILO Member States to
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ITF condemns Panama’s crackdown on union rights, demands immediate release of SUNTRACS leaders
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns the Panamanian Government’s escalating repression of trade union rights. The wave of intimidation targeting SUNTRACS and other unions
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US Authorities Right to Examine Flags of Convenience System — But Action Must Follow
US investigation into Flags of Convenience must be backed by IMO-led action and industry-wide accountability. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is backing the US Federal Maritime
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ITF: Seafarer abandonment in 2025 poised to shatter 2024 record
New figures released by the ITF reveal that vessel abandonments have surged nearly 33% year on year. By May this year, 158 cases of vessel abandonment had been recorded, up from 119 at the same point in 2024.
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ITF launches global standards to protect warehouse workers, backed by global logistics company
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has launched the world’s first global standards for decent work in warehousing, distribution, and logistics, a major step towards raising the
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ITF slams Argentina’s Milei decree that guts the merchant marine and strips workers’ rights
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns Argentine President Javier Milei’s new “Exceptional Regime for the National Merchant Marine” as a reckless act of deregulation that
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Seafarers win collective bargaining breakthrough in Iran
An ITF-affiliated seafarers’ union based in Iran has achieved a major organising victory. The Iranian Merchant Mariners Syndicate (IMMS) has won a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for