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Global transport unions today renewed their support for leaders of the State Railway Workers’ Union of Thailand (SRUT) following the lodging of a new appeal to Thailand’s Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct to overturn prison sentences and punitive fines handed down by Thai

Seafarer Mohammad Aisha is tonight boarding an airplane to return to his native Syria, ending a four-year battle where he was forced to live on an abandoned ship in the Suez Canal while the vessel waited to be sold. Mr Aisha is free because the ITF offered to have one of its union representatives in

After a long and bitter struggle with APM Terminals Monrovia in Liberia, ITF affiliate the Dock Workers’ Union of Liberia (DOWUL) today won their struggle to reinstate 24 dockers with immediate effect. The dockers were wrongly suspended for taking action at the terminal to defend their jobs and

The six-day blockage of the Suez Canal and its welcomed refloating has shed new light on the critical job done by tug and towage workers. But unless industry arrests the current ‘race to the bottom’ and workers’ safety concerns are addressed, the world could be in store for another Ever Given-type

Representatives of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Sunday boarded the MV Ever Given (IMO: 9811000 ) to check on the health and welfare of the crew. The cargo vessel is currently anchored in Lake Bitter, in the Suez Canal system, as Egyptian authorities and the vessel’s insurer

A new report by human rights, labour and environmental organisations has exposed the latest attempt by employers to satisfy consumer concerns on the welfare of fishers and seafood workers while taking minimal action to stop abuse and exploitation in high seas fisheries. The FISH Standard is supposed

Last week, the US Federal Government announced that Amazon workers in Alabama did not achieve a majority in the union election at its facility in Bessemer. Amazon’s aggressive anti-union campaign and tactics to interfere in the vote will be scrutinized by the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

It is with great sadness that the ITF reports the death of German N. Pascua. We send condolences and deepest sympathies to his wife, Milagros and their children, Maria Jesusa, Evangeline Flor and German Rabin Ray. We grieve for a much respected, valued and loved member of the ITF family. For nearly

Maritime employers in the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) have argued for and secured a second deferral of IBF ‘cost negotiations’ to the disappointment of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). The negotiations are an important part of agreeing wages and conditions for

The COVID-19 pandemic has been unlike any other crisis encountered by our industry. Thousands of jobs were lost, and the future of aviation post - pandemic is still uncertain. As the world reopens, we must look at how jobs can be retained, workers’ health and safety protected and how union