The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) representing 18 million transport workers and UITP (International Association of Public Transport) have signed a joint agreement to strengthen women’s employment in public transport. The two parties will now work with unions and employers to
Addressing the transport union and manufacturers summit at the Vatican City, ITF president Paddy Crumlin said that globalisation has failed working people in some key areas internationally, with 60 percent of the world’s workforce in the informal economy, including the majority of transport workers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcomed the roadmap agreed at a tripartite meeting in Geneva last week to address the gap in recruitment and retention of seafarers and the barriers to promote work opportunities for young and women seafarers.
An ITF affiliate in Tanzania has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a bodaboda (motorbike taxi) association in Dar es salaam, boosting its membership by around 250. The MoU was signed on 20 February by the Communication and Transport Workers' Union of Tanzania (COTWU-T) and the
In an unprecedented move, four United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs have signed a joint letter damning the Irish government’s work permit scheme for non-European workers in the fishing industry. The letter comes from the special rapporteurs for the human rights of migrants, on contemporary forms
Seafarers calling in Arab world ports will receive greater support and assistance following a commitment to ongoing education for affiliated unions by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).