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Time for change: mental health is a collective responsibility
On World Mental Health Day (Sunday 10 October 2021) the ITF is urging stakeholders across the transport sector to come together and recognise their collective...
#WDDW21: Make platform companies respect the rules
Today on the World Day for Decent Work, trade unions in Brussels called on the European Commission to ensure that platform companies respect workers’...
Australian workers strike against FedEx shift to unfair and unsafe outsourcing
Road transport workers at FedEx yards in Australia are striking today [Thursday 30 September 2021] after management’s repeated refusal to address job security and...
Global Transport Chiefs urge UN to end humanitarian crisis for supply chain workers
Global road, air and sea organisations and unions have today called on the world’s heads of government gathering at this week’s UN General Assembly to end a...
Know a hero at sea? Time to nominate the world’s bravest seafarers!
What are the IMO Bravery at Sea awards? Officially called the ‘IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea’, the important Award and its associated letters and...
World Tourism Day a reminder for governments to double down on Covid recovery
The Covid-19 pandemic has destroyed almost 20 percent of travel and tourism jobs worldwide, a sobering reminder on World Tourism Day this year, and a stark reminder...
‘Be ambitious, but be positive’: new union voice delivers UN Global Compact climate message
A newly-appointed labour representative on the board of the United Nations Global Compact has delivered a positive message on the benefits of tackling climate...
Shipwreck survivor secures compensation with union’s support
In September 2019, a tug supply vessel sank in the middle of the central Atlantic Ocean. The ‘Bourbon Rhode’ was travelling from the Canary Islands to Guyana in...