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Make Safe Rates laws permanent unions and academics tell South Korean lawmakers
There is overwhelming evidence for the link between road safety and driver pay, international experts and global union leaders told South Korean lawmakers this...
Maritime Workers' Survey
An opportunity to have your say on the big issues facing our maritime industries.
Who is the ITF? A response to the Fijian Government
On August 23rd, the Attorney General of the Fijian Government launched a public attack on the ITF's legitimacy. This came after we, together with the Fiji Trades...
South Korean truck drivers call out alcohol giant from the rooftops as strike continues
Image caption: The ITF’s Noel Coard (pictured right with KPTU’s Wol-San Lim) said 20 million workers stood behind demands for Hite-Jinro to reinstate sacked...
Fijian Government accused of misusing country’s pension fund putting hundreds of thousands of workers’ futures at risk
Joint press release from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Fiji Trades Union Congress (FTUC). The Bainimarama government has been...
Filipino authorities suspend recruitment agency after ITF red list warning over illegal fees
A Philippines-based recruitment agency that unlawfully charged seafarers placement fees has had its licence suspended after the International Transport Workers’...
Australian union charter with Uber shows that respect for gig workers can pay off
Uber and Uber Eats have signed a Charter with the Transport Workers Union (TWU) of Australia to set minimum standards and benefits for Uber workers. The...
Seafarers' unions celebrate #DayoftheSeafarer 2022
Saturday 25 June is the official IMO Day of the Seafarer and today, the ITF global family of seafarers' unions celebrated online and all across the world. Here...