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The ITF has continued its cooperation with the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a high-level meeting in Dubai. ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton, president Paddy Crumlin and Arab World regional secretary Bilal Malkawi met with Omar Bin Ghaleb of the UAE General Civil Aviation

The court of appeals in Chile has backed workers of the Latam Express Union in their battle for justice following a strike in 2018. The court unanimously held that the cabin crew union’s strike, which lasted 17 days, was lawfully terminated by the union on 25 April 2018. Chilean labour law says a

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today welcomed the release of Captain Carola Rackete after the German captain was arrested on Saturday for docking the search and rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3 with 40 migrants onboard.

Unions from across the Arab World have come together to continue the development of the ITF’s Arab World Contact Network in order to provide more assistance and support for seafarers and enhanced coordination in cases where seafarers are in distress in the region.

Following secret negotiations, the United States and Argentinian governments have signed an Open Skies Agreement. Veiled as a ‘modernising’ of the 1985 transport agreement, the deal is detrimental to workers and comes as a complete surprise to Argentinian and US unions. Joseph Tiberi, chair of the

Chair of the Railway Section Steering Committee David Gobé has led a mission to Mali and Senegal, where railway workers are facing enormous difficulties following the shutdown of activity from the company Dakar-Bamako Ferroviaire (DBF). During the mission Gobé met with the nine unions organising

ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton has delivered a clear message to the International Labour Organisation (ILO): now is the time to assert authority as the global standard-bearer for labour rights. Speaking at the ILO’s centenary conference in Geneva, he recognised the challenges of securing the

The first ever international standard on violence and harassment in the world of work has been adopted at the centenary International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The adoption of the new standard comes at the end of a two-year process, following the first

Following on from the ITF riders’ forum, 28 -29 May in London, the Belgium group Collectif des coursier-e-s / KoeriersCollectief has taken to the streets demanding justice for Deliveroo Riders. They were supported by ITF affiliate ABVV-BTB. "Deliveroo thinks it is above the law," says Steven

The US State Department has criticised the Irish Government’s failure to tackle modern slavery, yet again. For the second year in a row, in its Trafficking in Persons Report, the State Department has placed Ireland in ‘Tier 2’, as a result of the Government’s failure to meet the minimum standards