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28 Nov 2023
Transport companies and unions sign sustainability and just transition pact
IRU and ITF have reinforced their commitment to drive a just transition and improve the accessibility and attractiveness of the commercial driver profession with a Just Transition for Transport Pledge
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18 Oct 2023
ITF calls for end to human trafficking
Today (18 October) marks EU Anti-trafficking Day. According to the European Commission, over 7,000 people become victims of human trafficking in the EU, with 22% of them being children. In the
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03 Oct 2023
Gräfenhausen strikers demonstrate that supply chain accountability is possible through workers’ solidarity
Truck drivers who were striking in Gräfenhausen, Germany, brought their collective action to a successful conclusion on Friday (September 29). In a historic victory the drivers will receive money owed
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26 Sep 2023
Road transport workers’ unions join global fight for Safe Rates
Sixty-three unions representing road transport workers from 39 countries last week committed to joining the struggle for ‘Safe Rates’, coinciding with the launch of the ITF’s Global Safe Rates
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21 Sep 2023
Transport unions unite globally to call for safer roads
More than 50 trade unions representing over 1 million road transport workers have joined together to call for a new 'Safe Rates' system to improve workers' rights and make roads safer. The campaign
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27 Jul 2023
Second wildcat strike in Grafenhausen shines new light on continued human rights abuses in European road transport
A second wildcat strike by truck drivers at a rest area in Grafenhausen, Germany, has brought renewed attention to the systemic issues plaguing the road transport industry in Europe, and the urgent
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26 Jul 2023
Teamsters win historic UPS deal and set tone for transport worker negotiations globally
In an eleventh-hour deal, UPS has accepted the demands of 340,000 rank-and-file Teamsters’ union members on pay and conditions, narrowly avoiding a strike that would have paralysed their operations
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21 Jun 2023
Fixing driver shortages: new global plan launched by employers and unions
21 June 2023, Geneva, London – IRU, the world road transport employers' organisation, representing more than 3.5 million road transport operators, and ITF, the International Transport Workers’
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28 Apr 2023
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 around the world remember and mourn the
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26 Apr 2023
Georgian and Uzbek drivers win back over €300,000 sounding alarm for European trucking industry
LONDON, BRUSSELS, GRÄFENHAUSEN — After weeks of striking, around 60 truck drivers at the Gräfenhausen rest area in Germany have won their battle against Polish consortium Lukmaz, Agmaz and Imperia
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12 Apr 2023
Major global brands implicated in blatant violation of drivers’ rights as wildcat strike continues
London, Brussels — Major multinationals and the European Commission can no longer ignore the widespread rights violations and profiteering from cheap subcontracted labour exposed by the wildcat
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12 Apr 2023
Solidarity statement for cross-border drivers striking at Gräfenhausen in Germany
ITF & ETF joint solidarity statement Transport workers across Europe and around the world have been inspired by the courage and willingness to fight of the Georgian and Uzbekistani truck drivers who
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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
Impact stories
Rights 4 Riders
Just days after riders announced a global network established by the ITF, #Rights4Riders , to protest the company’s business model, Deliveroo is facing setbacks to its IPO listing on the London Stock
Impact stories
The Shwe Tun Aung Story
The story of an ordinary Burmese seafarer facing oppression at sea - Burmese Cowboy is the tale of Shwe Tun Aung and his journey around the world, opposing corrupt ship owners and a dangerous
Worker stories
Sanitation rights: Mabu’s story
My supervisor said you need to carry a plastic container and then use paper. I thought it was a joke until I found no toilets inside the train. Mabu Molele, from Johannesburg, has worked in the