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The ITF and its unions have been advocating this week for governments to put access to remedy at the centre of their efforts to give justice to victims of human trafficking.

The ITF has been commended for its work to secure the release of the crew of the Seaman Guard Ohio.

Representatives of unions, companies and international organisations from 25 countries have met to discuss the challenges of responding to digitalisation and automation in global supply chains.

The ITF has participated in the WIMDOI (women in male dominated occupations and industries) conference in Australia, setting out the tools and strategies needed to build stronger campaigns and organise women working in such transport workplaces.

The ITF has launched a fresh appeal to protect the safety and freedom of Libyan trade unionist Nermin Al-Sharif.

The ITF union, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), has again urged the Australian government to consider ways to increase the nation’s fuel security after news reports on 24 November said that tensions in the South China Sea and North Korea could result in severe fuel shortages in Australia.

The court in Madurai, India, has delivered its judgment in the appeal case by the crew and guards of the Seaman Guard Ohio. It decided to lift the sentence of five years’ imprisonment against the 35 men that were handed down in January 2016.

ITF called on the Indian government and unions to ensure society benefits from the digital revolution.

A joint ITF-IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association) two-day meeting hosted by the Teamsters and UNITE HERE unions in Baltimore, USA last week examined the common challenges facing airline catering unions around the world.

ITF general secretary Steve Cotton took part in a rally of more than 15,000 railway union members in Gorakhpur, Delhi before attending a national union convention a visit to India this week.