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Following this morning’s UK Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are workers, not self-employed contractors, global union federation representing 20 million transport workers has called on Uber to abandon its predatory business model globally. The unanimous dismissal of Uber’s appeal handed down

In another ruling against the misclassification of food delivery riders’ employment status, the verdict from the Amsterdam Court of Appeal has confirmed that Deliveroo riders are genuine employees. For Deliveroo riders this means that they are entitled to receive an hourly wage in accordance with

Statement from ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton

More than 50 seafarers remain trapped aboard vessels once owned by a Turkish billionaire whose jail and bankruptcy have left his employees without food, fuel and freedom for 10 months. But Turkey can save them.

It is with great shock that the ITF reports the death of Doris Sin, Assistant Head of the ITF (FOC) Hong Kong Campaign Office. Our thoughts are with Doris’ family in this difficult time. Doris was a key member of the ITF team in Hong Kong for over seven years. As Assistant to the Head of the ITF

FedEx-TNT workers have been left reeling in shock after the multi-billion dollar company announced in January plans to fire 6,000 of its European workforce who have driven FedEx’s profits to record levels. Livia Spera, General Secretary of the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) said today

'It’s expensive, but it’s the right thing to do’ – that’s the message from the global union body for seafarers as the ITF calls on shipping companies to pay the millions of dollars required to get seafarers off ships which remain stranded off the Chinese coast due to the country’s informal

Since the ITF brought you the story of the crew of the MV Onda, it seems Mohamed Amin has plunged to new depths in his exploitation of the seafarers. The ITF has obtained evidence that the MV Onda crew were pushed to sign wage receipt declarations onboard the vessel in a language they could not read

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the attempted military takeover of Myanmar’s fragile democracy currently taking place. The voice of the world’s transport workers also confirms its unbroken commitment and support for Burmese affiliate