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Sustained campaigning by the ITF’s road, rail, dockers’ and seafarers’ sections has helped secure an international code of practice that sets out new safety guidelines on the packing of containers.

Activists in the key Humber distribution hub will meet in Hull UK, next week to plan how workers can confront the harmful effects of globalisation.

Regulators across the globe must ensure the respect of law and guarantee a level playing field for all in the taxi market – including self-proclaimed “ride-sharing” for-reward transport platforms, say global road transport employers’ and employees’ federations.

Costa Rica’s SINTRAJAP dockers’ union has won a commitment from the country’s government to re-examine the future of the vital ports of Limon and Moin, along with a promise to cease police violence against strikers.

Costa Rica’s SINTRAJAP dockers’ union has won the government’s commitment to re-examine the future of the ports of Limon and Moin, to start talks and to end police violence against strikers. In response, the union has agreed to put its 15-day strike on hold.

ITF affiliate Parat in Norway has urged the Norwegian authorities to revoke Qatar Airways’ right to operate flights from the country because the company “systematically undermines the rights of its workers”.

The ITF and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have criticised train operator Aurizon for asking Australia’s industrial relations tribunal to overturn 14 enterprise agreements negotiated with the Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union (RTBU).

The ITF has condemned the actions of the Costa Rican government after hundreds of police officers stormed Puerto Limon's Moin and Limon terminals on 23 October, violently attacking workers and arresting 68 men and women who were peacefully striking.

The ITF has welcomed a landmark decision to take bus services in Tyne and Wear back under council control, which its affiliate Unite says could see a revolution in the improvement of passenger services across the UK.

Seafarers’ lives are being put at risk by substandard ships in use on the Black Sea – that’s the key message of a new film produced by Turkish ITF-affiliated seafarers’ union the Marine Employees Solidarity Association (DAD-DER).