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Covid-19: urban transport workers key to response and long-term recovery
As both a health and economic crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic is the largest global challenge of our lifetimes. Over 30 percent of the world’s population is now...
Key workers can only protect us if we protect them
As the coronavirus pandemic has deepened, we have seen images on news reports across the globe of empty shelves in supermarkets as ‘panic buying’ has sparked...
ITF calls on Maersk to protect their workers during the Covid-19 crisis
On the day of the AP Moller Maersk annual general meeting, the ITF has made a statement to the company AGM following up its calls for action in the wider transport...
Thank you transport workers for keeping the world moving
Message from ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton Dear friends, I am proud to be the general secretary of an organisation that represents transport workers at...
Covid-19: ITF global demands for governments and employers
Covid-19 is issuing the world an unprecedented collective challenge. Across the world – workers, employers and governments - must work together to minimise the...
ITF and ICS calls on global agencies to keep maritime industry moving in Covid-19 crisis
The ITF and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have jointly written an open letter to the United Nations agencies for the global maritime industry calling...
Breakthrough for aviation workers in India
The Aviation Industry Employees Guild (AIEG), a union for all aviation workers in India, has started welcoming outsourced ground staff as members, after years of...
Podcast: boys and girls jobs
To mark International Women's Day 2020, the ITF has produced a podcast looking at the persistent problem of gender segregation in the transport industry. Jodi...