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A fresh appeal to protect the freedom and safety of a Libyan trade unionist has been launched by the ITF this week via online platform LabourStart.

Women transport workers from around the world strengthened their commitment to climate justice, ending violence against women and securing a decent future of work for women in the transport industry, during a ground-breaking conference last week.

The ITF, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and allies are out in force at global climate talks to amplify workers’ demands to be at the heart of moves towards climate justice.

The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) has described the coming into force of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 – ILO188 – tomorrow, 16 November as having the potential to open up a new era for millions of fishers worldwide. The ITF has been an active supporter of the new convention from its birth to this new landmark point.

The ITF has told a major International Labour Organization conference in Argentina that child and forced labour were key trade union issues, and that ITF unions would continue to push for change from the bottom up.

The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) has applauded Friday’s victory for workers represented by the GMB union at the Employment Tribunal in London, which threw out Uber’s appeal against its earlier ruling that drivers at the company must be treated as the workers they are.

The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) is standing ready to support its Dutch affiliate Nautilus NL/FNV Waterbouw as it resists plans by marine services and dredging company Boskalis to ditch and replace 20 crew members on five vessels.

Citizens, cities and the planet will be better off with more public transport

The international dockworkers’ community is in mourning following the death of an Indonesian worker who was killed on the job at the International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) facility in Jakarta overnight.

A global meeting of women transport workers is calling for the urgent development of public transport policies that promote gender equality and contribute to the fight against climate change.