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British members of parliament (MPs) Ian Lavery and Jim Sheridan took part in a series of events during their fact-finding mission to the United States concerning school bus services owned by UK-based multinational transportation company National Express.

The international Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has welcomed a tentative agreement struck between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on a new five-year contract covering workers at all 29 West Coast ports of the USA.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has once again thrown down the gauntlet to Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, and challenged him to prove that the airline is reforming its practices.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has made progress in improving arrangements for shore leave for seafarers. At a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, employers, trade unions and governments agreed a common approach to improving ILO Convention 185, which covers identity documents for seafarers, enabling access to shore leave.

ITF-affiliated union BTB has taken action in its ongoing efforts to confront app-based taxi system Uber over protecting standards for drivers and passengers.

The ITF air quality working group will hold its inaugural meeting at ITF House in London on 27 February to review proposals to address the problem of contaminated air on commercial aircraft and at airports.

Global union federations and their affiliated unions around the world today mounted an intensive campaign to defend the unalienable right to strike, which is under attack from employer groups at the ILO (International Labour Organization).

The ITF participated in a seminar in Bangkok to support the fight of its rail affiliate in Thailand against the latest government plans for privatisation of the industry.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is supporting its affiliate Unite as it calls on London’s bus operators to enter into talks at the concilliation service Acas.