ITF women union leaders challenged the stigma surrounding HIV by being voluntarily tested for HIV in Togo last week on March 8 – International Women’s Day.
An international delegation investigating labour rights abuses in Swaziland today called on the government there to take immediate action. The delegation, organised by the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) travelled to the country last week to investigate allegations of anti-trade
A top-level international delegation investigating attacks against the Korean Railway Workers’ Union (KRWU) has condemned the government’s ‘victimisation’ of the union leadership. The delegation included ITF’s legal representative Ruwan Subasinghe alongside representatives from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Trade Union Advisory Committee to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and Public Services International.
Transport workers are at the centre of the world’s supply chains. They move goods from their source and production to consumers worldwide. When transport workers are linked along global supply chains, they become truly powerful. Reflecting this, and the day-to-day experience of its affiliates, the
Women around the world will be backing staff at Qatar Airways (QR) who are subject to victimisation and mistreatment tomorrow, International Women’s Day. They will be protesting to the airline over its unacceptable attitudes to female workers, as part of an international expression of support
The ITF has joined the global voices of protest against ongoing violence used against striking workers in Cambodia. Three workers have been killed and at least twelve have been arrested this month, as they protested against perilously low wages in the garment sector.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has called for union rights and a guarantee of personal safety for port union leader Victor Crespo, who yesterday returned to Honduras. On his return, Crespo filed human rights complaints with the national authorities following a series of anti