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News | 21 Jun 2023

Fixing driver shortages: new global plan launched by employers and unions

21 June 2023, Geneva, London – IRU, the world road transport employers' organisation, representing more than 3.5 million road transport operators, and ITF, the...

News | 28 Mar 2023 Press Release

'Med stort overskud følger stort ansvar': Internationale fagforeninger griller Mærsk i kølvandet på dødsfald og krænkelser af rettigheder

28. marts 2023, København Fagforeninger, der repræsenterer ansatte i Mærsk, verdens største børsnoterede rederi, er i København i dag for at bringe klare...

News | 28 Mar 2023 Press Release

‘With great profit comes great responsibility’: Unions grill Maersk over labour violations at Copenhagen AGM

28 March 2023, Copenhagen Trade unions representing employees of the world’s largest listed shipping company are in Copenhagen today to take their labour message...

News | 23 Mar 2023 Press Release

Workers pay more in tax than Maersk - research

23 March 2023, London / Copenhagen It’s likely that A.P. Moller – Maersk’s employees around the world pay a far higher rate of tax than the shipping...

News | 13 Mar 2023

ITF rail, road and urban transport conferences start today in Johannesburg

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the democratic, global union federation of 670 transport unions in 147 countries, representing over 18...

News | 07 Jun 2022

South Korean truck drivers begin unlimited national strike action for Safe Rates

Today in South Korea truck drivers have begun unlimited strike action. The ITF-affiliated Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union Cargo Truckers’...

News | 26 May 2022

Better future for transport workers under Australian Labor

The International Transport Workers' Federation has welcomed the election of a Federal Labor Government in Australia, describing it as an opportunity to lift...

News | 25 Apr 2022

ITF intervenes to prevent ‘politically motivated’ arrest of South Korean trade union leaders

Bongju Lee, President of the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union Cargo Truckers’ Solidarity Division (KPTU-TruckSol) and Geon-yeong Kim,...

News | 30 Nov 2021

Strikes in South Korea shut down road freight as fight for Safe Rates escalates

Road freight transport was seriously affected in South Korea last week as truck drivers took strike action across the country. The three-day strike from 25 to 27...

News | 21 Oct 2021

ITF week of action highlights dire conditions in road transport industry and offers solutions

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...