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World Day for Decent Work 2020: Raising youth voices
On the World Day for Decent Work, young transport workers are speaking out about the urgent need to confront youth unemployment and job insecurity. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on young
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Report: XPO exposed for unsafe Covid-19 response, global worker abuses
Workers at XPO Logistics report unsafe working conditions, wage theft, misclassification and dangerous pandemic response in analysis of company’s operations in more than six countries XPO Logistics, a
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ITF railway section supports public ownership and democratic control for UK railways
Amid the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK government has extended emergency measures agreements for the country’s railways and announced that the entire rail franchising system will be brought to an end.
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ITF and JNG Joint Statement: On Seafarers’ Rights and the Present Crew Change Crisis
Our industry is responsible for 90% of global trade. Historically, we have been critical to the development of national economies and global prosperity. We remain the lifeblood of the global economy
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ITF Civil Aviation ensures new ICAO guidance puts aviation workers and seafarers first
The ITF have advocated for new guidance to governments from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) prioritising aviation workers’ and passengers’ safety while pushing airlines to do more
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Australian wharfies’ rights must be respected – ITF
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has intervened in the emerging industrial dispute between Patrick Stevedores and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) to remind Patrick, a number
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“Help us. No food. No salary”: Abandoned Vietnamese seafarers finally home with union support
It was an image that shocked many. A ship with the desperate scrawls of a desperate crew scribbled across the hull of what had become their floating prison, as the tanker bobbed aimlessly in the warm
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Domestic violence is a workplace issue says ground-breaking Indian study
Report launched by Indian transport unions along with other Indian unions today gives an unprecedented view of how domestic violence impacts the working lives of women workers in India, and how
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Beyond the limit of safe shipping - ITF General Secretary’s UN address
Speech by ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton at the UN High-Level Side Event on Covid-19 and Maritime Crew Changes, 24 September 2020.
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Victory for justice: Docker Rio Wijaya freed
Yesterday we received the tremendous news that Rio Wijaya has been found not guilty by an Indonesian court after he was assaulted and wrongly charged for attacking his employer Hutchison online last
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Crew change crisis risks becoming forced labour epidemic as tragedy hits six-month mark on World Maritime Day
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has slammed government inaction to alleviate the crew change crisis, declaring that current Covid-19 border and travel restrictions risk creating
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Graham Stevenson
Message from ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton: It is my sad duty to inform you that Graham Stevenson left us on International Workers’ Day, on May 1 at age 70. Graham was the ITF’s European vice
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Transport Workers on the Front Line
Transport workers keep everyone safe in dangerous weather, and it is unions leading the way on protecting workers and passengers, winning protections like early warning systems. For Andrés and Lourdes
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From grievances to global Insights - the ITF's data-driven approach
Comment article Seth Payer, Head of Data and Research at the International Transport Workers’ Federation The role of trade unions and a core pillar of the work of the International Transport Workers’
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Seafarers win collective bargaining breakthrough in Iran
An ITF-affiliated seafarers’ union based in Iran has achieved a major organising victory. The Iranian Merchant Mariners Syndicate (IMMS) has won a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for
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Rights 4 Riders
Just days after riders announced a global network established by the ITF, #Rights4Riders, to protest the company’s business model, Deliveroo is facing setbacks to its IPO listing on the London Stock