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Honouring Cabin Crew
As we mark another Cabin Crew Day, the ITF is proud to take this opportunity to reflect on the essential role these workers play in keeping the world moving. It is...
Aviation union advance new deal for aviation workers at the ILO
Aviation unions have secured major steps forward in advancing labour standards for the global aviation industry at a tripartite meeting at the International Labour...

Organising for safer workplaces this International Workers’ Memorial Day
Unions remember workers lost to negligent employers and safety standards Today, the 28th of April, marks International Workers’ Memorial Day, when trade unions...

ITF & ETF stand with pilots over safety threat
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) stand in support of three major pilot organisations who...

Breakthrough on loss and damage, attempts to sideline labour standards
The global climate summit, COP27, concluded today with a breakthrough on the Global South’s decades-long call for a fund to pay for climate-related loss and...

Aviation unions welcome global agreement on net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
International and European trade unions welcome a new global agreement for net-zero carbon aviation emissions by 2050, but call for stronger commitments at country...

Working conditions worsening for 90% of aviation workers globally, new data shows
Survey of over 3,700 aviation workers saw 9 in 10 say the quality of jobs is declining in their industry. - World’s aviation unions announce findings ahead of...

Travel chaos to become the norm without new aviation bodies, say global unions
Aviation unions call for formation of new national aviation bodies to oversee robust operating standards and sustainable employment practices in the industry. New...