Search

news 20 Jan 2025

ITF calls on Houthis to halt all attacks in Red Sea, release kidnapped seafarers, warns shipping industry against risking lives

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) calls on Yemen’s Houthis to halt attacks all on commercial ships in the Red Sea, to de-escalate threats to shipping and release seafarers who continue to be held hostage. On Sunday, the Houthis declared they would suspend attacks on non-Israeli

Find out more

news 20 Jan 2025

ITF welcomes ceasefire agreement, calls for strict implementation and steps towards sustainable peace

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, halting the devastating 15-month war that has inflicted untold death and suffering on millions of civilians. This agreement provides an urgent possibility to end the

Find out more

Publication 15 Jan 2025

Understanding Informal Transport In Africa

Since 2010, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Global Labour Institute (GLI) have been working on labour and employment issues in the informal transport industry, and have identified the urgent need to understand the current and potential future impact of Bus Rapid Transit

Find out more

news 09 Jan 2025

ITF welcomes tentative ILA-USMX Master Contract Agreement

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today warmly welcomes the news that the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year Master Contract, narrowly averting strike action that would

Find out more

news 09 Jan 2025

India and ITF join forces to protect seafarers’ mental health

Stress management to be added to India’s maritime curriculum under new agreement with ITF. Indian seafarers will now benefit from mental health training thanks to a new agreement signed by India and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). Under the agreement on ‘Mental Health

Find out more

news 02 Jan 2025

Chronic staffing issues put aviation growth projections at risk

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today called upon airlines, airports, ANSPs, ground handlers, OEMs and stakeholders across the aviation supply chain to engage with unions on chronic staffing issues which, if left unaddressed, will threaten the industry’s growth and

Find out more

news 30 Dec 2024

ITF demands justice for Sticks Nkambule and the workers of Eswatini

This week marks two years since the brutal attempt on the life of Sticks Nkambule, General Secretary of the Swaziland Transport, Communication and Allied Workers Union (SWATCAWU). Today, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), representing 13 million transport workers across the globe

Find out more

news 29 Dec 2024

ITF's message of condolences

The International Transport Workers' Federation and the 13 million transport workers it represents, would like to convey our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of those who were tragically lost today on Jeju Air Flight 77C2216 and last Wednesday on Azerbaijan Airline Flight 8432. Our

Find out more

news 20 Dec 2024

UNIONS AND RIGHTS GROUPS CALL ON THAI GOVERNMENT TO STRENGTHEN LABOUR INSPECTIONS/STOP ROLLBACKS

Thailand has made significant progress in reforming its fisheries sector over recent years, turning an industry once known for human rights abuses and illegal and unsustainable fishing into a regional leader. However, insufficient implementation and enforcement of key labour rights legislation and

Find out more