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ITF statement on complaint filed with European Commission by shortsea and feeder ship operators
Via the press the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) [and its affiliates] has heard about a complaint filed with the European Commission’s...
Peruvian dockers win action on Covid-19, PPE
Dock workers at APM Terminals Callao in Peru have succeeded with reaching an agreement with the company and the authorities for Covid-19 coronavirus testing and...
400,000 dockers stand with Seward, Alaska in condemning Possehl Erzkontor and Alaska Logistics
The ITF Dockers, representing 400,000 dock workers worldwide, stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Seward, Alaska, represented by International...
ILA, ILWU dockers stop work to honour George Floyd, call for racial justice
Today thousands of American transport workers from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) are...
IFALPA-ITF key considerations on workplace safety for the resumption of global air services
As countries around the world re-open their borders to air services after the Covid-19 lockdown, there remains several health, safety and security concerns that...
ITF affiliated unions celebrate centennial anniversary of the Jones Act on 5th June, 2020
ITF affiliated unions in the USA along with hundreds of thousands of seafarers are celebrating 100 years of the Jones Act – the law that requires cargo be moved...
Racial justice is union business, ITF stands committed to the struggle
The murder of George Floyd on 25 May 2020 is the most recent manifestation of the systemic racism, violence and inequality that has oppressed people of colour...
ITF affiliates in US, Ukraine up pressure on national governments over crew change crisis
The trade union movement is increasing its pressure on governments to address the escalating crew change crisis affecting an estimated 200,000 seafarers is stepping...