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Pre-election national fleet tantrum shows it’s time for industry to abandon Shipping Australia Limited
Shipping experts have welcomed a ‘unity ticket’ on Australian jobs and fuel security ahead of the country’s election Saturday. But the ITF and its affiliates...

Loopholes in UK law are allowing vessel owners to violate migrant fishers’ human rights
Migrant fishers are being subjected to systematic labour exploitation because the UK Government refuses to clarify and close loopholes in its immigration rules, a...

Silent no more: overworked tugboat workers are reaching breaking point
29 March 2022, London / Brussels Last year, Troy Pearson and Charley Cragg died while towing a barge bound for a Rio Tinto power station in rough seas and strong,...

ITF Photography Prize opens today
We are delighted to announce today the launch of the ITF’s first-ever Photography Prize. The prize aims to showcase the triumphs, challenges and sheer hard work...

ITF warns Patrick Terminals’ approach will cause Australian consumers supply chain pain
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is warning that Patrick Terminals’ bid to terminate its long-standing workplace agreement with the...

Drivers’ court action wins US$30 million in XPO misclassification settlement
XPO Logistics is to pay a group of drivers US$30 million after it wrongly classified them as contractor companies rather than employees. A California federal...

ITF Statement in support of Amazon workers, Bessemer Alabama
Last week, the US Federal Government announced that Amazon workers in Alabama did not achieve a majority in the union election at its facility in...
#MakeAmazonPay: Workers and unions call Amazon to account on Black Friday
As customers around the world log on to make the most of Black Friday deals, workers and unions are mobilising to demand that Amazon and other e-commerce giants pay...