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29 March 2022, London / Brussels Over 10,000 transport workers from almost 200 ITF affiliated unions today expressed their outrage at the mass sacking and outsourcing of 800 P&O seafarers through a ‘ Global Letter of Protest’ handed over to the global leadership of DP World, the owners of P&O

29 March 2022, London / Brussels Last year, Troy Pearson and Charley Cragg died while towing a barge bound for a Rio Tinto power station in rough seas and strong, icy winds. They were pressured to work despite the unsafe conditions. Today the ITF is launching a short film, Tug Workers Sound the

In a first for Latin America, an accord to improve health and safety has been agreed between the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Argentina’s biggest airport operator. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the ITF and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 was signed today in Buenos

DP World sells itself as a progressive business concerned with social and corporate responsibility that supports labour rights and works ‘in a responsible way that prioritises sustainability and impact on the people, communities and environment in which we operate’. The company now has serious

Global and European maritime unions have expressed anger and condemnation at breaking news that ferry operator P&O Ferries will move to sack its UK based seafaring workforce and outsource their jobs to non-union, agency workers. Affiliates of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and

Employers and governments are putting too much emphasis on technology to tackle climate change and not enough on workers , new research from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has concluded. Workers themselves are best placed to make practical the necessary changes in transport

A new agreement signed today by the global bodies representing the global civil aviation industry and labour recognises the importance of decent labour standards for aviation workers in the safety, resilience and recovery of the global aviation industry. The memorandum of understanding signed today