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23 Nov 2023
Investing in public transport is investing in our future
23 November 2023, London – Ahead of World Sustainable Transport Day, the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) joins with cit y and transport leaders to call for an escalation in action on
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12 Oct 2023
Public transport is a public service: ITF and PSI deepen collaboration
While ITF represents public transport workers in cities worldwide, collaboration with our sister global union Public Services International (PSI) is key. PSI-affiliated unions organise workers
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28 Aug 2023
ITF launches global manifesto on public transport financing
As part of ongoing work examining the state of public transport systems around the world, the ITF has launched a new collective vision on the financing of this crucial public service. The Manifesto on
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02 Jun 2023
New York transit workers win respect and recognition with strong new collective bargaining agreement
1 June 2023, London – New York’s bus and subway workers are set to receive a 9.8 percent pay rise over the next three years and have successfully campaigned against cuts in their benefits thanks tough
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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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16 Mar 2023
Global rail, road and urban transport unions commit to transformative change
Transport unions from around the world are meeting this week in Johannesburg in the largest global meeting of transport workers’ representatives from the rail, road and urban transport sectors. Unions
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13 Mar 2023
ITF rail, road and urban transport conferences start today in Johannesburg
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the democratic, global union federation of 670 transport unions in 147 countries, representing over 18 million transport workers across the globe
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07 Mar 2023
Essential public services, essential workers’ health: union-based initiatives to protect the mental health of young public transport workers
The ITF is clear that the mental health of workers is every bit as important as physical health. And yet, the impacts of precarious work, poverty-wages, unsafe conditions, and high-stress roles puts
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02 Mar 2023
Sanitation rights: Vivian's story
“...sometimes there’s nobody to cover for us, and we could not leave to find a bathroom. We have to hold it, and it causes urinary infections. Sometimes workers relieve themselves in their trousers
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17 Feb 2023
Sanitation rights: Gini's story
Gini Aristi Hartono has worked in a train maintenance warehouse for the last 12 years. For the last year, she’s been in the position of Head of Warehouse, supporting the maintenance operations. Though
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20 Nov 2022
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 damage. Delivering the closing statement
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19 Nov 2022
Angela’s story: Decent sanitation is a vital right for workers
Angela Ransome has been a bus driver in Ontario, Canada since 2014. She is a member of UNIFOR, and loves her job. “I can drive anything, I like driving for a living, I like to have my office as
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Impact stories
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