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Frustration on the part of fishers from Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire working on Spanish- and French-owned tuna vessels fishing in the Gulf of Guinea and Indian Ocean under EU Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements led to strike actions affecting some 64 vessels or 80% of the fleet last week. Yoro

The Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East (jointly, WGA) have been on strike since 2 May. Our brothers and sisters are fighting for the future of writing and for the ability to develop and sustain careers in the entertainment industry in the face of the pressures of

Thank you Chair, and colleagues, for the opportunity to address you today. I’m Stephen Cotton, General Secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). Firstly, on behalf of nearly 18.5 million transport workers around the world, I want to say congratulations for another

Brussels, London – European and global transport unions say now is the time for the Council of the EU to agree a mandate on the Platform Work Directive that will protect the employment rights of millions of app-based transport workers, including ride-hail drivers and food delivery riders. The

07 June 2023, LONDON, MONTREAL – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) have secured significant steps forward in the goal to advancing labour standards at a tripartite meeting at the International Labour

1 June 2023, London – New York’s bus and subway workers are set to receive a 9.8 percent pay rise over the next three years and have successfully campaigned against cuts in their benefits thanks tough talking by their union and with the support of the global union movement. After intense

Registrations have opened today for the ITF Seafarers’ Expo, to be held in the heart of the Philippines – Manila – later this month. This is only the second time the major maritime event is being held in the ITF’s long history of being the voice of the world’s seafarers. The Expo aims to inform

In March 2023, the ITF Road, Rail and Urban Transport Sections conferences took place in Johannesburg, South Africa. As the democratic forums for workers and unions in these sectors across the world, each conference committed itself to the following joint vision. As we return to our home countries

Employers (IMEC), shipowners (ICS) and unions (ITF) unite to bring a seafarer summit in Manila on 26 June 2023 following the Day of the Seafarer. The summit aims to highlight the elements required for a successful transformation of seafarers’ roles to meet the needs of shipping in the future. The