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Publication 23 Jun 2026

Global Report on Women in Tourism Transport

UN Tourism and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have partnered to produce the Global Report on Women in Tourism Transport. The report provides a comprehensive global overview of women’s participation in tourism transport employment for the first time, covering four key passenger

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news 19 Jun 2026

ITF and Buenos Aires Governor to work together against anti-worker agenda

The ITF and provincial government vow to defend workers’ rights and the Argentine union model. The International Transport Worker’s Federation (ITF) joined Alex Kicillof, Governor of Buenos Aires, and regional government ministers this week to discuss perspectives on the anti-worker, national agenda

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news 15 Jun 2026

Union power in action: North American railway workers show the way to win

In Canada and the USA, railway workers from Unifor, the Transportation Communications Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have won landmark victories through union organising. Railway workers across North America are demonstrating the power of union organising

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news 15 Jun 2026

Statement by ITF General Secretary on the US-Iran Peace Framework

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) cautiously welcomes the US-Iran peace framework – but words on paper must now translate into action for the transport workers who have paid the price of this conflict. For more than 100 days, seafarers, aviation workers, port workers and other

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news 12 Jun 2026

Historic victory for platform workers: ILO adopts world's first Convention on platform work

Today, the International Labour Conference (ILC) adopted the Convention concerning Decent Work in the Platform Economy – the first binding international labour standard for the platform economy. For millions of platform transport workers around the world, the rules of the game have now changed

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news 11 Jun 2026

Pushed to the limit: the crisis facing Africa's long-distance truck drivers

Every day, tens of thousands of truck drivers keep East and West Africa moving, hauling food, fuel, medicine and goods across thousands of kilometres. For most drivers, their employment is marred by poverty wages, no contract and a working life that chips away at their health and dignity. But the

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news 11 Jun 2026

ITF in Ukraine: international solidarity and ensuring the future of the maritime sector

The ITF and the ITF Seafarers’ Trust are in Odesa, seeing the conditions faced by the workers keeping Ukraine and the world moving forward. It is now more than four years since the deadliest war seen in Europe since World War II began – and through that time, in the face of lethal attacks, unending

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Page 10 Jun 2026

People before platforms

The gig economy isn’t going anywhere. But neither is exploitation – unless we change the rules.

Behind every app is a worker. Platform workers keep our economies moving, but too often they do so without the rights, protections and dignity that every worker deserves.

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news 10 Jun 2026

Workers Must Be Central to Aviation's Future

The ITF responds to International Air Transport Association AGM In response to discussions at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting, which took place this week in Brazil, ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton said: "Much of the discussion at this year's IATA Annual

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news 09 Jun 2026

100 days of war: 100 days of transport workers paying with their lives

100 days have passed since the United States of America and Israel launched ‘Operation Epic Fury’ against Iran. One hundred days of a war that civilian transport workers did not start, cannot end and have paid for – with their lives, their health and their freedom. 100 days on, despite repeated

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Global Report on Women in Tourism Transport

ITF and Buenos Aires Governor to work together against anti-worker agenda

Union power in action: North American railway workers show the way to win

Statement by ITF General Secretary on the US-Iran Peace Framework

Historic victory for platform workers: ILO adopts world's first Convention on platform work

Pushed to the limit: the crisis facing Africa's long-distance truck drivers

ITF in Ukraine: international solidarity and ensuring the future of the maritime sector

People before platforms

The gig economy isn’t going anywhere. But neither is exploitation – unless we change the rules.

Workers Must Be Central to Aviation's Future

100 days of war: 100 days of transport workers paying with their lives

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