IMPROVING WORKING LIVES & FUTURES

Creating a better future for workers today.

By sharing our knowledge, experiences, research, tools and other resources, we can focus and unify our action, strengthen our collective voice and amplify our impact, to create a better future for workers, today.

Resources

Video 16 May 2023

Women Bus Drivers the Need to Create a Safe World of Work

According to the ILO, violence against transport workers is one of the most important factors limiting the attraction of transport jobs for women and breaking the retention of those who are employed

Resources 01 Mar 2023

Voluntary certifications and standards

The ratification of the work in fishing convention (ILO C188), proper consultation with workers and worker’s representatives, formal social dialogue and implementation of CBAs, either at national

Resources 14 Feb 2023

Informe anual de la ITF, 2023

Los trabajadores y las trabajadoras del transporte mueven el mundo. Esto lo ha dejado más claro que nunca la pandemia de COVID-19, a lo largo de la cual el personal del transporte continuó la labor

Resources 14 Feb 2023

ITF Supply Chain Principles

The ITF’s Supply Chain Principles set out how governments, investors and especially multinational enterprises and customers of transport supply chains (hereinafter collectively referred to as ‘supply

supply chain

accountability

Video 12 Feb 2023

Women fisherfolks in Ghana: violence and systemic exclusion

Women's work and participation in fisheries industry often remain invisible, this lack of recognition is also one of the contributing factors towards making port a unsafe workplaces for women. When

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

Video 07 Feb 2023

Kathy's story: The Railway is a Job for Life

Kathy Mazur has been working in railways for over 23 years but privatisation, massive cuts, and safety concerns have changed the job she once loved.

railways

violence

Resources 31 Jan 2023

Health and Safety Charter

Principles for a modern, safe port. Fundamental employer health and safety responsibilities.

dockers

health and safety

Video 31 Jan 2023

Lilia's Story: Violence in the Aviation Industry

Cabin crew discuss violence they have experienced during flights across the Atlantic and how violent incidents on board tripled in Brazil in 2021. As a result of pressure from the union, the

civil aviation

violence

Resources 31 Jan 2023

ILO C190: A Transport Workers' Toolkit

The ITF's ILO C190: A Transport Workers' Toolkit is a tool for transport unions that supplements the joint GUFs toolkit launched in June 2021. The toolkit is a useful tool for unions to build action