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ITF and Saudi Arabia commit to work closer together to support seafarers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have committed to work closer together to support seafarers calling in all...
Solidarity with Transdev bus workers
ITF affiliate, the ATU (Amalgamated Transit Union) in the USA, is one of unions representing public transport workers at Transdev. Bus operators employed at...
Road transport unions vow to collectively fight privatisation, deregulation and liberalisation
On October 15, the ITF Road Transport Section Committee, representing over 2.5 million road transport workers around the world, met in Montreal, Canada, to...
Women’s Advocate Programme expands
The ITF women’s department has joined with affiliates in Bogotá and Buenos Aires to plan the expansion of the ITF Women’s Advocate Programme to Colombia and...
ITF calls on Chilean President Piñera to listen to the people or resign
In the most serious unrest since the fall of Augusto Pinochet in 1998, the military and police forces have arrested thousands throughout the country and hundreds...
Caribbean region plans strategy to build workers’ power
Union leaders from countries across the Caribbean have come together to develop a strategy for building transport workers’ power in the region. Over 20 activists...
Rail unions in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan organise for new challenges
Over forty railway union activists from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have come together to share strategies on organising in restructured railway companies. The...
IFJ hosts film screening at ITF House on misuse of global aid
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has hosted the screening of a new film at ITF House exposing how global aid budgets are used to reinforce...