health and safety

Seventy crew on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan have been infected with the Covid-19 virus, the International Transport Workers’ Federation report. All remaining crew

The ITF is closely following all advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO) regarding the current outbreak which originated in Wuhan city, a major domestic and international transport hub. We

Unions globally are uniting to demand that Hutchison Ports do everything within its powers to set the record straight and facilitate the immediate release of jailed Indonesian trade unionist Rio Wijaya.

It is more than one-month late, but Korean truck drivers finally have the guarantee of safe rates of pay that the government promised. It is a major victory for the Korean Public Service and Transport

A wide-ranging study by Yale University – commissioned by the ITF Seafarers Trust – has found dangerously high levels of mental stress among seafarers, and recommended how it can be reduced. The study

An ITF delegation of union activists has been in South Korea to support truck drivers in their demand that the government keeps its promise to make the roads safer. The Road Safety Freight Rates

The ITF has joined Irish dock workers union SIPTU in an urgent call for better protection for all workers in Ireland’s ports — through both regulations and enforcement — after a 50-year-old truck driver was killed in North Docks at Dublin Port on August 14.

Yesterday, ITF affiliates in North America travelled to Capitol Hill to testify before the US Congress on the critical issue of aviation safety.

Leaders of South African transport unions have met in Cape Town to find solutions to their members problems, boost cooperation and share information. The unions met as part of the ITF national