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International solidarity for Liverpool’s striking dockers
Global transport unions will be joining 560 Liverpool striking dockers on the picket line at the Port of Liverpool, as port operator Mersey Docks and Harbour...
Travel chaos to become the norm without new aviation bodies, say global unions
Aviation unions call for formation of new national aviation bodies to oversee robust operating standards and sustainable employment practices in the industry. New...
World’s largest cities back call on public transport and labour rights
Thirty-eight of the world’s largest cities have come together to demand that G20 governments take action on the most pressing challenges facing the world in 2022....
Global union federation, leading labour-based human rights organisation join forces to end exploitation in UK fishing industry
JOINT PRESS RELEASE A ground-breaking collaboration between unions and a labour-based human rights group has today announced plans to build and launch a pilot...
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...
Trade Unions call on Ghanaian government and employers to step up fight against violence against women in transport workplaces
Trade Unions have called on the Government to ratify ILO Convention 190 on ending violence and harassment in the world of work The convention has already been...
Airlines used pandemic to erode working conditions for thousands of staff, report finds
Major airlines used pandemic as an excuse to force workers into contracts with worse terms, new research shows. Employers including Qantas, Ryanair...
From east to west, dockers unions' unite behind ILWU in US Pacific negotiations
Union leaders from the US East Coast, Canada and international transport worker federations have joined negotiations between dockers and Pacific coast employers in...