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news 16 May 2024

Seafarers pay the price for the murky business of ship nationality

Incidents in the Red Sea illustrate the dangers of allowing ‘flags of convenience’ to proliferate. Jacqueline Smith , Maritime Coordinator at the International Transport Workers’ Federation – originally published by Al Jazeera. On April 13, the naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard

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news 13 May 2024

P&O boss’ misleading wages claim an attempt to spin away company’s appalling seafarer exploitation

Ferry CEO Peter Hebblethwaite pulls wool over MPs’ eyes by claiming to pay more than double an internationally agreed seafarer wage Disgraced P&O boss Peter Hebblethwaite appeared for another grilling in Parliament last week, before MPs on the Business and Trade Select Committee. The P&O Ferries

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news 13 May 2024

Australian strategic fleet will underpin importance of shipping

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcomes the Australian Government’s budget announcement of funding for an Australian Strategic Fleet in the Albanese Government’s third budget. The Australian Strategic Fleet was a key election commitment during the 2022 Australian Federal

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news 10 May 2024

Equality in reverse: women’s work and automation in public transport 

ITF has launched a report which looks at how women workers in public transport are being disproportionately impacted by the job losses and negative impacts of work reorganisation caused by automation and digitalisation.  New technologies have the potential to bring benefits for women transport

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news 09 May 2024

Argentinian unions reject anti-labour laws with general strike

Transport unions in the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and the Confederation of Workers of Argentina (CTA), joined today’s general strike against the government's anti-labour laws. Right-wing President Javier Milei is attempting to change 366 laws deregulating working conditions and wages

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Publication 08 May 2024

An ITF Toolkit: Organising for Power in the Caribbean

We hope that this organising toolkit, designed and supported by our leaders in the region, will be the catalyst to grow the union movement locally, inspire a new generation of union members to join and tackle the inequality faced by many workers in the Caribbean region and ensure that corporate

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campaigns 07 May 2024

Tell the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority to respect the right to a union

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority is denying over 600 Air Traffic Services workers their fundamental right to join a union. In 2023, air traffic services workers including air traffic controllers, aeronautical communication officers, telecommunication and engineering services workers attempted to

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news 03 May 2024

Dockers in Turkey need our support

Dockers working at the Borusan Port near Bursa in Turkey have been victimised by port owner Borusan Logistics for joining the union of their choice. Over 70% of the dock workers joined the ITF-affiliated union Liman-İş when the union started organising there in March. Borusan Port management

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Publication 02 May 2024

Equality in reverse: women’s work and automation in public transport

This study explores four cases from across the world where the introduction of automation and cashless ticketing in public transport systems is leading to an “equality reverse” in the workforce. Women workers, already underrepresented in the sector, are being disproportionately impacted by the job

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news 02 May 2024

A stain on the global maritime industry: seafarers in dire conditions on Middle East Marine vessels

In the worst case of serial seafarer abandonment ever seen, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns Middle East Marine LLC for its systematic abuse and neglect of over 100 seafarers. Today, the ITF is calling on the United Arab Emirates Government and the Palau maritime

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Seafarers pay the price for the murky business of ship nationality

P&O boss’ misleading wages claim an attempt to spin away company’s appalling seafarer exploitation

Australian strategic fleet will underpin importance of shipping

Equality in reverse: women’s work and automation in public transport

Argentinian unions reject anti-labour laws with general strike

An ITF Toolkit: Organising for Power in the Caribbean

Tell the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority to respect the right to a union

Dockers in Turkey need our support

Equality in reverse: women’s work and automation in public transport

A stain on the global maritime industry: seafarers in dire conditions on Middle East Marine vessels

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