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30 Nov 2023
Training seafarers for a decarbonized future
Maritime Just Transition Task Force collaborative project sets framework to equip seafarers with skills as shipping transitions to zero emissions. 30 November 2023, London – A new training project
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30 Nov 2023
ITF brings call for a just transition to COP28 climate negotiations
Dubai, 30 November 2023 – As world leaders gather for the global climate summit, COP28, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling for workers’ needs to be at the forefront of
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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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24 Nov 2023
A just transition for transport workers: The foundation for sustainable and decarbonised transport pathways
As countries prepare to meet for the global climate summit, COP28, ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton and Maruxa Cardama, Secretary General of the multi-stakeholder partnership on sustainable low
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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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21 Nov 2023
New federation of Indian metro unions set to transform sector
The Indian metro sector is expanding dramatically, and this is being met with a new wave of worker organising across the country. Metro is becoming an increasingly important mode of transport
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25 Oct 2023
On strike against wind farm giant Ørsted
The International Longshoremen’s Association union (ILA) have this week started indefinite strike action at State Pier, New London, Connecticut due to Ørsted’s refusal to recognize the ILA’s
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15 Feb 2023
Africa could be green jobs leader as shipping undergoes low carbon revolution
Joint Press Release from UNGC, ICS, ITF Experts from the Maritime Just Transition Task Force told Africa’s maritime leaders in Accra today that their continent was well placed to take a large share of
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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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09 Nov 2022
COP27: Shipping decarbonisation action plan launched to upskill global seafaring workforce
Shipping action plan launched at COP27 in response to new research cautioning ‘as many as 800,000 seafarers’ due for carbon upskilling by the mid-2030s. Maritime Just Transition Task Force 'Mapping a
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08 Nov 2022
Just transition through collective bargaining: lessons from Chile
As global leaders convene for COP27 in Egypt, ITF project coordinator Bruno Dobrusin outlines how the world can learn from the just transition underway in Santiago. For the first time, a union in
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08 Nov 2022
Report: sustainable transport must drive Africa’s energy and economic transition
Sustainable transport must be at the heart of every African country’s plan for economic development, according to a new report from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). Europe, the
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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
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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
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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