All content tagged with: "supply chain"
Common sense and international solidarity prevail: Ports of Auckland abandons failed automation drive
The world’s largest global transport union, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), has joined the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) in...
Pre-election national fleet tantrum shows it’s time for industry to abandon Shipping Australia Limited
Shipping experts have welcomed a ‘unity ticket’ on Australian jobs and fuel security ahead of the country’s election Saturday. But the ITF and its affiliates...
Silent no more: overworked tugboat workers are reaching breaking point
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,...
ITF warns Patrick Terminals’ approach will cause Australian consumers supply chain pain
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is warning that Patrick Terminals’ bid to terminate its long-standing workplace agreement with the...
Global transport chiefs reject ‘baseless’ Morrison government port congestion claims
Transport workers’ unions reject claims made by the Australian federal government that Australia’s current supply chain challenges are unique to that country,...
Major transport organisations warn governments’ knee-jerk reaction to Omicron variant puts supply chain at greater risk
World leaders’ knee-jerk reactions to the Omicron variant are putting transport workers and the global supply chain at greater risk of collapse, warn...
Transport workers not to blame for supply chain congestion, holiday shipping delays
Dockers, seafarers, and road transport workers are challenging the narrative from capital that they are the cause of supply chain disruption and potential delays...
Seafarers' Human Rights Due Diligence
Upholding human rights within supply chains is a social responsibility, and, increasingly, a legal requirement of companies. Supply Chain Health Checks for...
Joint statement: the International Transport Workers' Federation, Deutsche Post DHL Group and UNI Global Union agree to continue dialogue under new OECD protocol
Bonn – 2 Dec 2019: Representatives from global union federations, ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and UNI (UNI Global Union), together with...
ILO renews social contract with centenary declaration
ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton has delivered a clear message to the International Labour Organisation (ILO): now is the time to assert authority as the...