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Eleven seafarers trapped aboard the Haj Abdulla (IMO 7702114) are at extreme risk, with the ship taking on water off Mogadishu, Somalia. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has implored the authorities to give the ship emergency access to the port but so far to no avail. This means

The Inspectorate of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has red listed Able Maritime Seafarers Inc after the crewing agent failed to respond to official enquiries from the ITF about the diabolical pay and terrible conditions of seafarers the company placed in work. A flood of new

Accountability at the top of supply chains and improvements in driver pay, terms and security can solve shortages and safety problems in one stroke Action spreads from Australia to Korea, then globally as workers fight for Safe Rates, fair conditions and supply chain regulation Ten people were

Air traffic controllers and their unions should be actively involved in decision-making about the future of the air traffic services sector in this time of intense political and technological change, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has said. The call to use air traffic

The official publication today of Experiences of Non-EEA Workers in the Irish Fishing Industry by Maynooth University Department of Law is confirmation that the situation facing non-European migrant fishers, both documented and undocumented, has not fundamentally improved, and if anything has

An ITF inspector was physically assaulted by a ship’s Master in an unprecedented attack which the Federation says must be condemned. The assault happened onboard a vessel which was being investigated by the Inspectorate of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) for failing to comply

Two Filipino seafarers exploited by one of Fiji’s main ferry operators have made it home thanks to the unstinting efforts of the ITF’s inspectors and others. Goundar Shipping misled 21 Filipino seafarers, an ITF investigation disclosed, persuading them to fly more than 7,000km to Fiji with false

Over 375 trade unions, representing over 12 million transport workers from 118 countries around the world submit letter to heads of governments Letter submitted on the first day of the WTO’s TRIPS Council meeting in Geneva Steve Cotton, ITF General Secretary, commented “these politicians seem hell

XPO Logistics is to pay a group of drivers US$30 million after it wrongly classified them as contractor companies rather than employees. A California federal court has approved settlements by the firm after workers brought class actions. This type of misclassification is widely used by XPO but is