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“Empowering women in the maritime community” was the theme of this year’s World Maritime Day, celebrated on 26 September.

Aircraft cleaners at Korean Air have ended a 53-day strike after winning key concessions from their outsourced employer, EK Manpower.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has been informed by our affiliate, the Iranian Merchant Mariners’ Syndicate (IMMS), that the chemical tanker Stena Impero and its remaining crew members departed Bandar Abbas this morning after the vessel was held by the Iranian authorities

An ITF delegation is at the 40th assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) – making sure that aviation workers influence the highest rule-making body in the global airline industry. The ITF group includes nearly 20 activists from 14 countries representing workers across the

Trade union leaders from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today resolved to support the promotion and growth of the Sri Lankan maritime industry.

Hundreds of trade unionists from maritime unions affiliated with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today expressed their support and solidarity with Captain Gennadiy Gavrylov and called on the Sri Lankan government to expedite his safe return home.

Climate strikes: A Statement from the Young Transport workers' committee Following on from the ITF Congress in October 2018 there has been a renewed call from young transport workers around the globe to force the climate emergency to the top of the agenda. Young people have woken up much of the

A new study released by the OECD and the International Transport Forum (ITF) on the current effect of direct and indirect maritime subsidies on the European shipping industry has found that the current system is failing European taxpayers and workers. Trade unions today welcomed the findings of a

The ITF-affiliated International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada held its fourth young workers’ conference in Vancouver earlier this month. Aimed at raising union awareness among under-35s, this year’s theme of ‘educate, agitate and organise’ encouraged the 180 activists to consider collective action and the importance of international solidarity.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling for the new AB 5 law in California to be the inspiration for global rules that protect ‘gig’ workers, and all workers, from exploitation and abuse, and deliver them their basic rights. AB 5 makes it hard for employers to misclassify