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Latest press releases

news Press Release 17 Sep 2019

New OECD-ITF report: Subsidies in European shipping industry are failing European taxpayers and workers

A new study released by the OECD and the International Transport Forum (ITF) on the current effect of direct and indirect maritime subsidies on the European shipping industry has found that the

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Seafarers

Europe

Global

news Press Release 12 Sep 2019

California AB 5 law: now we need a global law for ‘gig’ workers

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling for the new AB 5 law in California to be the inspiration for global rules that protect ‘gig’ workers, and all workers, from

news Press Release 31 Aug 2019

Korea: global delegation joins 5,000 truck drivers to push for safe rates of pay

An ITF delegation of union activists has been in South Korea to support truck drivers in their demand that the government keeps its promise to make the roads safer. The Road Safety Freight Rates

news Press Release 17 Aug 2019

Seventh workplace death on the Irish docks in the last two years sparks calls for urgent action

The ITF has joined Irish dock workers union SIPTU in an urgent call for better protection for all workers in Ireland’s ports — through both regulations and enforcement — after a 50-year-old truck driver was killed in North Docks at Dublin Port on August 14.

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Europe

news Press Release 12 Aug 2019

IBF Agrees a Temporary Extended Risk Zone in the Strait of Hormuz

Following the incidents in the Gulf of Oman, and specifically the Strait of Hormuz, over the past 12 weeks, the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) this morning designated the Straits as a Temporary

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Arab World

news Press Release 31 Jul 2019

International unions throw support behind Australian wharfies as dispute with DP World escalates

Maritime and transport unions from dozens of nations have thrown their support behind Australian wharfies fighting job losses, outsourcing, automation and threats to conditions at container terminals in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle.

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Asia Pacific

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GENERAL SECRETARY

Stephen Cotton

Stephen Cotton was elected at the 43rd ITF Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2014, re-elected at the 46th ITF Congress in Singapore, 2018 and the 46th ITF Congress in Marrakech, 2024. Under his leadership, the ITF has transformed into a proactive campaigning organisation, allowing the ITF and its affiliates to secure industry-leading contracts and protocols with key multinational companies in the transport sector.

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Paddy Crumlin

Paddy Crumlin is the President of the ITF, a position he has held since 2010. He is also National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), a role he has held since 2000, National President of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), and a Member of the Executive Board of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).

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