An ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) mission to Turkey today warned that the government there may be preparing a further wave of repression against trade unionists. The warning comes as the delegation was prevented from visiting unjustly imprisoned union colleagues, and amid continuing police violence against union members.

Global union federation the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has commenced talks with IKEA aimed at eradicating exploitation from the Swedish furniture giant’s European supply chain.

Üç kişilik bir (Uluslararası Taşımacılık İşçileri Federasyonu) heyeti, Türkiye’deki ITF üyesi olan tüm sendikalara destek vermek ve hükümetle onlar adına görüşmelerde bulunmak için, bir inceleme ve dayanışma ziyareti gerçekleştirmek üzere bu ülkeye gitti.

The ITF has launched an XPO global leadership group to tackle the company’s anti-worker, anti-union stance.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today unveiled an XPO global leadership group to tackle the company’s anti-worker, anti-union stance. The new initiative was announced by the organisation’s general secretary, Steve Cotton, from its inaugural meeting in Los Angeles, USA.

ITF unions representing Gate Gourmet workers are writing today to their local managers, to demonstrate support for the company’s drivers and logistics workers in Argentina as they step up their fight to be correctly recognised, instead of as food workers.

A group of more than 20 ITF activists have met in Stockholm for the first time to share ideas and experiences about new ways of working, such as automaton and platform working.

International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) unions from around the world are gathering in Stockholm, Sweden for the first meeting of the federation’s new automation working group.

Esprit, a major international garment manufacturer, using the Port of Toamasina (Tamatave) in Madagascar is facing pressure to join with Levi Straus & Co and help end the exploitation of Madagascan dockworkers.

What: Automation has the potential to make trucking greener and safer, but also to cost jobs. This report: * spells out scenarios for how the transition could happen * contains numbers on potential job losses * makes recommendations to governments how to prepare

Commenting on Workers’ Memorial Day, which takes place tomorrow 28 April, ITF president Paddy Crumlin said: “This is the day we remember all those, known and unknown, friends and strangers, who have suffered injury or death in the workplace. It’s the day we remember the dead and fight for the living.

A new report examines whether European pension funds – built to provide a decent retirement for working people – are also acting to protect those workers’ rights ahead of retirement. Authored by Tom Powdrill, responsible investment coordinator at the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation), it shows that funds have made progress in the area, but have still to achieve their full potential to improve lives.