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The ITF and provincial government vow to defend workers’ rights and the Argentine union model. The International Transport Worker’s Federation (ITF) joined Alex Kicillof, Governor of Buenos Aires, and regional government ministers this week to discuss perspectives on the anti-worker, national agenda

In Canada and the USA, railway workers from Unifor, the Transportation Communications Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have won landmark victories through union organising. Railway workers across North America are demonstrating the power of union organising

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) cautiously welcomes the US-Iran peace framework – but words on paper must now translate into action for the transport workers who have paid the price of this conflict. For more than 100 days, seafarers, aviation workers, port workers and other

Today, the International Labour Conference (ILC) adopted the Convention concerning Decent Work in the Platform Economy – the first binding international labour standard for the platform economy. For millions of platform transport workers around the world, the rules of the game have now changed

Every day, tens of thousands of truck drivers keep East and West Africa moving, hauling food, fuel, medicine and goods across thousands of kilometres. For most drivers, their employment is marred by poverty wages, no contract and a working life that chips away at their health and dignity. But the

The ITF and the ITF Seafarers’ Trust are in Odesa, seeing the conditions faced by the workers keeping Ukraine and the world moving forward. It is now more than four years since the deadliest war seen in Europe since World War II began – and through that time, in the face of lethal attacks, unending

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