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An ITF affiliate in Tanzania has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a bodaboda (motorbike taxi) association in Dar es salaam, boosting its membership by around 250. The MoU was signed on 20 February by the Communication and Transport Workers' Union of Tanzania (COTWU-T) and the

Young workers in Austria are celebrating after halting government plans to rollback their labour rights.

Last week, a group of ITF-affiliated trade unions from the Caribbean and beyond met in Miami to discuss building worker power in the region’s tourism sector.

In an unprecedented move, four United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs have signed a joint letter damning the Irish government’s work permit scheme for non-European workers in the fishing industry. The letter comes from the special rapporteurs for the human rights of migrants, on contemporary forms

Seafarers calling in Arab world ports will receive greater support and assistance following a commitment to ongoing education for affiliated unions by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has called for immediate action by the Alsa bus company in Tangier, Morocco, after a concerted campaign to persecute union activists there. Moreover, ITF-affiliated Unite the union from the UK has already publicly backed this call. In a statement

After an immense backlash from labour and community groups, Amazon has cancelled plans to build its second headquarters in New York City.

The ITF has hosted a regional seminar on how unions can lobby their governments to push for an ILO convention on ending violence and harassment at work. Thirty-six leaders from unions in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka participated in the event in Kathmandu on 19 January 2019. Anna Lee Fos

Crew aboard a ship at a BHP terminal in Queensland claim they are being starved and underpaid, in yet another instance of the coal giant’s veil of secrecy over its operations in Australian waters.