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The ITF has welcomed a landmark decision to take bus services in Tyne and Wear back under council control, which its affiliate Unite says could see a revolution in the improvement of passenger services across the UK.

Seafarers’ lives are being put at risk by substandard ships in use on the Black Sea – that’s the key message of a new film produced by Turkish ITF-affiliated seafarers’ union the Marine Employees Solidarity Association (DAD-DER).

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have criticised train operator Aurizon after it asked Australia’s industrial relations tribunal, the Fair Work Commission, to overturn 14 negotiated Enterprise Agreements, covering over 5,000 railway workers in Queensland.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation has strongly condemned the actions of the Costa Rican government after hundreds of police officers stormed Puerto Limon's Moin and Limon terminals last Thursday 23rd October, violently attacking workers and arresting 68 men and women who were peacefully striking.

The ITF has today called on its road transport and rail affiliates urging them to support a campaign for the union rights of workers who drive Facebook staff to and from their workplace in California, USA.

The ITF is expressing strong support for its members in countries hit by the ongoing Ebola outbreak.

The ITF Seafarers’ Trust – the charity arm of the International Transport Workers’ Federation – has appointed leading shipping figure Kimberly Karlshoej as its new head.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is pleased to announce that port workers at the Aqaba Container Terminals (ACT) facility in Jordan run by APM Terminals have gained a victory following international protests against a police roundup of union members.

Trade unionists across South America are taking action to demand the reinstatement of trade union leader Jimena López, who was sacked from her job as a LAN Ecuador cabin crew member last week

An ITF/FES gender and climate change workshop brought together 14 women from 13 African urban transport trade unions, inspiring them to work within their individual unions to ensure that new initiatives take into account the needs of women workers and passengers.