The ITF’s 46 th Congress, our first Congress in the Arab World, was a historic moment, when over 1,600 participants from 475 unions of 131 countries came together in Marrakech - a testament to our global strength and solidarity, which will be so important to address the many challenges transport
The UK Labour government’s decision to renationalise its railways marks a significant and welcome shift away from the global trend of rail privatisation. It also marks a rupture with the European policy agenda embedded in EU directives like the Fourth Rail Package. The shift is the direct result of
On this International Women's Day, the International Transport Worker’s Federation (ITF) is proud to reaffirm that women belong in transport, in unions, in decision-making, and in leadership. At last year’s Congress we celebrated the 25-year journey of the ITF Women Transport Workers’ Committee
Members of the Maharashtra State Transport Kamgar Sangathana (MSTKS) bus workers’ union organised a demonstration on 1 March following the rape of a woman on a parked bus in Pune.
EU Commission slashes rules designed to hold companies accountable for key human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains. The European Commission has announced deep cuts to its environmental and human rights reporting and due diligence standards exempting thousands of businesses from
The ITF has always advocated for equality, in the workplace and wider society - it is a core principle of the international labour movement. However, only in recent years have we begun to focus on the particular challenges facing LGBT + transport workers. We are still at the beginning of a long
Workers with disabilities exist across the railway sector in every country globally. Every day, they go to work and support the running of vital public and commercial services which help to move the world. Yet with an overwhelming lack of visibility, the contribution of these workers – and the