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New research confirms Irish Atypical Work Permit Scheme needs urgent overhaul to protect fishers
The official publication today of Experiences of Non-EEA Workers in the Irish Fishing Industry by Maynooth University Department of Law is confirmation that the...
UK, Germany, Switzerland, and EU prolonging supply chain misery by opposing vaccine waiver, global transport unions tell governments
Over 375 trade unions, representing over 12 million transport workers from 118 countries around the world submit letter to heads of governments Letter submitted...
LGBTI+ transport workers can benefit from new inclusivity resource
Transport workers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI+) stand to benefit from a new resource Fighting for equality: Trade Unions...
Irish government must answer lawmakers over ‘catastrophic’ mishandling of migrant fisher case
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is demanding that the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Irish government’s...
LGBT+ transport workers need solidarity, not ‘rainbow capitalism’
Attitudes to sexual orientation and gender identity have changed for the better all over the world in the last two decades, towards openness and acceptance. For the...
Fishers’ Rights Network calls on Thai Government to enforce contract provisions
Fisher leaders from the ITF Fishers' Rights Network are calling on the Thai Government to enforce contract provisions. The fishers' demand for enforcement follows...
TRIPS waiver will save millions of lives, governments must act now
The world’s transport unions today have demanded that governments across the world support waiving intellectual property rights at the World Trade Organization...
ITF stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine, calls on Israel to halt attacks
Israel must immediately stop attacks on Palestinian territories which have already killed hundreds of innocent people, including children, said the International...