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The system is broken, we have had enough

World’s seafarers’ and dockers’ unions demand immediate end to seafarer humanitarian crisis - call for governments to confront the Flag of Convenience system that enables exploitation and fails to protect seafarers. The world's maritime unions came together at the ITF’s Fair Practices Committee in
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Violence Against Public Transport Workers: Trade Union Responses

This report, produced for the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), examines the rise of third-party violence against public transport workers and the union strategies developed to address it. Drawing on interviews, surveys, case
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ITF statement on hantavirus

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling on governments and health authorities to exercise serious caution in the transportation of passengers and crew from the MV Hondius. This follows reports that a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines cabin crew member has been hospitalised after
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May Day is our day

Today on every road, every rail line, every port, every runway on the planet – transport workers are keeping the world moving. We are the global economy. Truck drivers in Mali. Dockers in Rotterdam. Aviation workers across the Middle East. Seafarers in the Persian Gulf. This May Day belongs to all
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Jarin Chowdhury

MV Banglar Samriddhi got stuck in a war zone in Olivia Port, Ukraine. We informed the ITF right away to take immediate steps to ensure the safety of the vessel MV Banglar Samriddhi. The ITF took the matter very seriously: they contacted the IMO directly and demanded the IMO provide all necessary

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Dorotea Zec

More people, more power! 

What is our reality? Unions today are not trendy. Young workers do not understand the importance of unions due to the lack of knowledge and information. While growing up, studying and preparing themselves to enter the labour market, they do not hear at all (or enough) about

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