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Rooted in the labour movement, ITF is proud to celebrate International Women’s Day with a call for more women to join and get involved in their trade unions. One of the first instances of it being marked was in 1909 when women textile workers in New York marched demanding shorter hours, higher pay

The ITF Women’s Advocate Programme offers training to affiliate unions in Latin America in response to violence against women in the workplace and at home. It offers support to survivors of violence and works to change the conditions that canlead to violence and inequality against women. This

Women in ITF affiliate union Sindicato DHL Chile have created the ‘DHL Chile Women Workers’ Network’ to help empower women in the workplace. The network has already achieved a significant profile at national and regional levels, and has introduced benefits in favour of working mothers in its

7 March 2024, London No delivery window is worth the loss of seafarers’ lives. We call on the industry to divert ships around the Cape of Good Hope until safe transit through the Red Sea can be guaranteed. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns in the strongest possible terms

The Transport Workers’ Union of America (TWU) recently secured a first-of-its kind contract with the Central Ohio Transit Authority, giving the union veto power over the deployment of autonomous vehicles. 

28 February 2024, London Seafarers are struggling to survive after being abandoned by a Saudi Arabian company across multiple vessels – registered in Bahrain. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has received many concerning reports about withheld pay from individual seafarers

In an important victory for trade unions in India, the Modi Government has announced it will not implement the ‘Hit and Run’ provision of the new criminal law (BNS), which is set to go into effect on 1 July 2024. After large scale protests by affiliated unions to the International Transport Workers’

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) strongly condemns the recent funding suspensions by 16 governments and attacks on the credibility of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and calls for an urgent renewal and strengthening of

Colombia is in the process of introducing new legislation, in a significant move to safeguard the rights and well-being of workers in the aviation industry. The proposed legislation, which was filed on 20 February in the House of Representatives and due to be considered in Parliament soon, will put