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Indonesian authorities first rejected multiple requests for an emergency medical evacuation needed to save the life of a 45-year-old Russian seafarer on board the WL Palekh due to the country’s Covid-19 restrictions.

(Geneva/ London) – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for support from governments to the aviation industry, to protect jobs and ensure that air services can be maintained. The economic situation facing the aviation

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) together offer our deepest sympathies to the families, friends and colleagues of those air transport workers that have lost their lives and to all affected by the virus and the measures taken

Guidance for trade union negotiators Safe access to decent sanitation facilities at work, and most importantly being able to use them when needed during the working day, is truly a global issue that is widely and deeply felt by all transport workers, particularly women transport workers. This is

The latest, special ITF podcast looking at the Covid-19 crisis has heard about the particular effects on working women. ITF project specialist (ending violence against women transport workers) Kim Rojas talks to Lisa Kelly and Eva Guta. Lisa Kelly is the national director of the women's department

A campaign from the Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine (MTWTU), supported by the ITF and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC), is highlighting the key role of maritime workers to keep the world supplied with essentials during the Covid-19 crisis. Food, medicines and

In a special show about how the Covid-19 response is affecting working people in public transport, ITF urban transport director Alana Dave has spoken to Dan Mihadi. Dan Mihadi is the general secretary of the Transport and Allied Workers' Union (TAWU), Kenya, and he explains how daily life has