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The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) expresses deep alarm at the escalation of violence in Gaza and Israel and condemns the targeting of civilians on both sides by Hamas and Israeli forces. We urgently call for respect for international law and a commitment from all parties to

Truck drivers who were striking in Gräfenhausen, Germany, brought their collective action to a successful conclusion on Friday (September 29). In a historic victory the drivers will receive money owed to them and Polish consortium Lukmaz, Agmaz and Imperia has agreed to forfeit legal action against

MADRID – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today called on employers, regulators, policy makers, solution providers and experts from across the aviation value chain gathered at IATA’s World Sustainability Summit to ensure frontline workers and their union representatives are

Inspectors from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) recovered USD $118,529,663 in wages owed to seafarers between 2020 and 2022, figures published today on World Maritime Day reveal. More than USD $36 million was paid back to seafarers in 2022 alone. ITF inspectors are officials

Sixty-three unions representing road transport workers from 39 countries last week committed to joining the struggle for ‘Safe Rates’, coinciding with the launch of the ITF’s Global Safe Rates campaign in Seoul, South Korea. The campaign is calling on governments, road transport employers and

It has taken the attempted suicide of a seafarer to get Sea Lion Shipping Co to respond to repeated and urgent warnings about the welfare of its crews from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). A crewmember of the Med Sea Eagle (IMO: 8356443), who must remain anonymous for legal

Hundreds of trade unions from across the world joined together on 20 September in protest against union-busting measures taken by renewable energy company Ørsted.   Having declared a global day of action in support of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) dock workers in New London

Seafarers’ unions and maritime employers have signed a four-year agreement that will see significant wage increases and dozens of workplace protections and improvements for over 250,000 seafarers’ serving on more than 10,000 vessels. The International Bargaining Forum (IBF), the forum that

More than 50 trade unions representing over 1 million road transport workers have joined together to call for a new 'Safe Rates' system to improve workers' rights and make roads safer. The campaign spearheaded by the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), launched today in Seoul, Korea