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Global trade union movement launches toolkit in campaign to eradicate violence and harassment in the workplace
As the International Labour Organization Convention 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work comes into force on 25 June 2021, global unions are...
ITF’s funding recovery plan for sustainable public transport
As governments around the world kickstart their Covid recovery plans, research launched today by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) argues that...
Nepal’s tanker drivers win Covid vaccine fight to keep the nation moving
The Nepal Oil Corporation has acceded to union pressure and started vaccinating road tanker drivers against Covid-19. All countries need to treat people in...
Arbitrary quarantine of dockers in Northern Australia set a dangerous precedent, ITF calls for their immediate release
The Northern Territory’s Department of Health has gone beyond its authority — and scientific sense — in locking 13 dockers in quarantine. The action sets a...
Tragic death underscores the need for peaceful negotiation
Adil Belakhdim was killed this morning (Friday 18 June 2021) by a truck that ran a picket outside a Lidl warehouse in Biandrate, near Milan, Italy. He leaves...
ITF wins freedom for hunger-striking seafarers after two years trapped on the ULA
Nineteen seafarers from India, Bangladesh, Turkey and Azerbaijan will be able to see their families again this week after the ITF’s advocacy brought their...
ITF and ETF express solidarity with Aéroports de Paris unions preparing for industrial action
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and its European arm, the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) express their firm solidarity with...
‘Tip of the iceberg’: ITF inspectors recover $45m in seafarers’ wages amidst record-high abandonments
New figures released by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) show that $44,613,880 USD of seafarers' owed wages were recovered by the ITF’s...