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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...
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...
Supreme Court ends Waterfront Commission’s reign of union-busting in New Jersey port
New Jersey’s port is free of the meddling of the archaic Waterfront Commission after the unanimous decision on Tuesday (18 February 2023) by the United States...
Investment in transport infrastructure and workers can transform Mexico into global transport hub
MEXICO CITY — The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has this week called on Mexico’s Obrador Government to join forces with transport unions...
Governments obliged to learn pandemic supply chain lessons – maritime report
Governments should learn lessons from the pandemic and its aftermath to secure reliable maritime supply chains for their citizens and the climate, the International...
ITF condemns attacks on Argentinian railway workers
The ITF is appalled by recent attacks on Argentinian railway workers and the reckless and irresponsible actions of the employers which led to them. Cancellations...
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...
Mile 201 exploitation in South Atlantic risks environmental catastrophe and livelihoods of regional fishers, unions warn
An environmental catastrophe is looming in the South Atlantic because unregulated ships are over-fishing, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)...