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The International Transport Workers’ Federation has written to Charlie McConalogue, Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, seeking an urgent meeting to discuss the plight of several hundred undocumented fishers in the wake of Brexit. “ The Taoiseach, Mr Michéal Martin, has acknowledged

The hopes of thousands of truck drivers stranded in southeast England spending Christmas with their families have been dashed after UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warned that the logjam in Dover will take days to clear. The sudden closure of the French border on Sunday night, and subsequent 48

Fisheries representatives from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), a global voice for the world’s millions of fishers, say that a new study from US-based researchers using satellite data helps reveal both the extent of labour violations in the industry, and how law enforcement can

The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcome progress in the development of vaccines for COVID-19. As vaccines continue to be approved and distributed worldwide, aviation workers will play a key role in the

The ITF XPO Global Union Family is this week celebrating the victory of French Union CGT after 10 days of strikes over poor pay, management and disciplinary behaviour.

On World Toilet Day, 19 November, the ITF held a virtual sanitation forum to discuss issues on sanitation for transport workers in road, rail, urban transport and warehousing. The forum, which specifically focussed on women transport workers, brought together transport workers from 47 unions in 33

Landmark ruling from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) finds that governments have breached seafarers’ rights and failed to comply with several provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention during the COVID-19 pandemic, including Article I(2) on the duty to cooperate. UN agency calls on

The FPC SG met on 10 December 2020 and discussed the IMEC Circular (20)123 “ILO minimum basic wage for an AB and IBF basic wages – Difference explained”, which was published on 1 December 2020. The FPC SG is disappointed and deeply concerned that IMEC unilaterally decided to release the circular

The ITF Dockers’ Section and affiliated dockers unions have extended their solidarity to support the people of Beirut, Lebanon, as they rebuild their lives and communities following a deadly explosion in August.