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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

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

ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton address to the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) Plenary Debates. Thank you President, Vice Presidents, Director-General and distinguished delegates for the opportunity to address you today. I am Stephen Cotton, General Secretary of the

Cabin crew are safety professionals. When a passenger collapses mid-flight. When smoke fills a cabin. When violence erupts onboard. When a security threat emerges at 35,000 feet. There is one group of workers trained to respond: cabin crew. Cabin crew are aviation’s first responders: they are the

A suicide bombing targeting a train in Quetta on 24 May 2026 has killed more than 30 people and left over 100 others wounded in one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistan's railway network in years. The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) condemns this atrocity in the strongest possible

The App Drivers Union (ADU) – backed by two ITF-affiliated unions, the Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ (SEIU) and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM Union) – has won state certification to represent approximately 70,000 rideshare drivers in

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) welcomes yesterday's ruling by the Paris Appeals Court finding Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 crash of Flight AF447. We stand in full solidarity with our French affiliates and the families of the 228 victims

Aviation trade unions in Europe have committed to mobilising in support of over 1,000 Flying Food Group workers at SFO and LAX airports. The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) Civil Aviation Section passed a resolution after hearing from FFG workers and their union, UNITE HERE, to support

Today the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87, ruling that the right to strike of workers and their organisations is protected as an essential component of freedom of association. ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton