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ITUC World Congress: P&O’s Peter Hebblethwaite wins worst boss poll
His award was announced at the 5th ITUC World Congress in Melbourne, Australia, where nearly 1,000 trade unionist from 122 countries are meeting. “First,...

Breakthrough on loss and damage, attempts to sideline labour standards
The global climate summit, COP27, concluded today with a breakthrough on the Global South’s decades-long call for a fund to pay for climate-related loss and...

Decent sanitation is a vital right for workers
This World Toilet Day is a sobering reminder of how far there is still to go for workers’ access to decent, safe sanitation facilities. Across the world,...

Angela’s story: Decent sanitation is a vital right for workers
Angela Ransome has been a bus driver in Ontario, Canada since 2014. She is a member of UNIFOR, and loves her job. “I can drive anything, I like driving for a...

Seafarer unpaid for seven years while Tanzanian Flag ducks its obligations
The Tanzanian flag has ducked its responsibilities to this seafarer and has replied only once with a holding response to the International Transport Workers’...

Public transport unions are determined to build just and feminist cities
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today publishes a major new report on ‘Just Cities’ and women public transport workers in Latin America....

Eswatini: ITF condemns violent attacks on transport workers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has called on the Government of Eswatini to end violent attacks on transport workers. Last week, on10...

Unions urge Maersk’s return to negotiating table as Australian court blocks controversial Svitzer tug lockout
Unions have welcomed a strong rebuke of Maersk-owned Svitzer Australia by the Fair Work Commission after the court blocked the company’s planned lockout of its...