health and safety

news Press Release 26 May 2023

Death-trap trawler crew must be paid and allowed to go home, ITF says

Fishers on a 50-year-old trawler should not be made to go back to sea, even to sail to a repair yard, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is demanding of a vessel which has been so

health and safety

Fisheries

Seafarers

Europe

news 28 Apr 2023

Organising for safer workplaces this International Workers’ Memorial Day

Unions remember workers lost to negligent employers and safety standards Today, the 28th of April, marks International Workers’ Memorial Day, when trade unions around the world remember and mourn the

news 05 Apr 2023

Seafarers, fishers to benefit from new medical guide onboard thanks to shipowners and unions

“Crew are often hundreds of miles from shore when illness, accident or injury takes place onboard – leaving them without internet and dangerously far from the nearest hospital,” said International

news 28 Mar 2023

ITF & ETF stand with pilots over safety threat

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) stand in support of three major pilot organisations who joined forces and issued a strong

news Press Release 22 Mar 2023

ITF delivers justice for Yangtze Fortune crew abandoned off Australian coast – seafarers repaid missing wages and repatriated home

Seafarers stranded aboard a livestock carrier vessel abandoned off the Australian coast have finally been repaid their missing wages and repatriated home with the assistance of the International

Resources 07 Mar 2023

Essential public services, essential workers’ health briefing paper

This briefing provides a summary of research carried out on behalf of the ITF on the mental health of public transport workers, with a focus on young workers. The research carried out during the Covid

health and safety

covid-19

news 11 Feb 2023

Two years on, heartache remains but lessons still to be learned from Ingenika tug tragedy

Two years on from the sinking of the Ingenika and tragic loss of two of the mariners onboard , cost pressures are still putting tug crews’ lives in danger, the International Transport Workers’

Video 07 Feb 2023

Troy Pearson story: Silent No More

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.

health and safety

inland navigation

Resources 31 Jan 2023