health and safety

Following the break-down in national negotiations, the ITF and ETF are supporting Italian affiliates in taking strike action. All dockers deserve safe conditions, decent wages and a voice in

Over 100 railway workers in Turkey have taken part in two consecutive ITF workshops. Running on 29-30 April and 2-3 May in Ankara, the participants discussed different types of privatisation, shared

During a recent mission to Croatia, ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton met with the Croatian Ship Manning Association (CROSMA) and the Mare Nostrum Shipowner Association, together with ITF’s affiliate Seafarers Union of Croatia (SUC), to discuss how to safeguard working conditions for the country’s seafarers.

The international trade union community is mourning following the death of a Pakistani dock worker killed earlier this week at Hutchison Port’s Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT), after a reach stacker reversed over him.

Overworked and undermanned tug captains are falling asleep on the job in the Panama Canal and putting shipping at risk, new study warns.