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European pension funds have made progress in acting to protect workers’ rights ahead of retirement but need to do more, a new ITF report has revealed.

A new report examines whether European pension funds – built to provide a decent retirement for working people – are also acting to protect those workers’ rights ahead of retirement. Authored by Tom Powdrill, responsible investment coordinator at the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation), it shows that funds have made progress in the area, but have still to achieve their full potential to improve lives.

International clothing company Levi Strauss and Co. is under pressure to help end the exploitation of Madagascan dockworkers as the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) calls on the company to stop the labour rights double standard.

Security agents, handling agents and ground and cabin crew in the Netherlands were in action on 5 April alongside their union the FNV to demand ‘real jobs’ from Schiphol Airport.

The ITF unions involved in the IKEA campaign have launched a video which documents the story of Lucian, a Romanian driver living out of his cabin for weeks and months on end while driving around Western Europe and working for IKEA.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling for truck drivers to continue coming forward with accounts of exploitation while moving goods for IKEA, as it launches a new film about the issue.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) Cabotage Taskforce has condemned as ‘unbelivable’ fines requested by Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) against crew members of the MV Portland.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) Cabotage Taskforce, which is meeting in Oslo, Norway, today applauded the United States Department of Justice’s announcement that the company Furie Operating Alaska LLC has agreed to pay USD10 million ‘to satisfy a civil penalty originally assessed against it by US Customs and Border Protection for violating the Jones Act,’ America’s freight cabotage law.