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news 31 May 2023

Shipping can be greener, safer and more efficient if technological change is worker-led

31 May 2023, London – Seafarers see the prospect of autonomous ships as an opportunity to solve a number of problems in commercial shipping but warn that crew expertise is central to decision-making in a time of technological change, and to make change effective companies and governments need to

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Publication 31 May 2023

The Mass Human Element - Collating Seafarers' Voices: Perspectives and Expectations

Taking the input of seafarers on current ongoing developments in the maritime industry has been considered sensitive and political but is critical at this juncture as they are one of the key maritime stakeholders. Along these lines the project partners collaborated to initiate conveying the voices

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news 31 May 2023

Honouring Cabin Crew

As we mark another Cabin Crew Day, the ITF is proud to take this opportunity to reflect on the essential role these workers play in keeping the world moving. It is hard to imagine what aviation would possibly look like without the dedication, professionalism, and hard work of cabin crew. But today

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news 26 May 2023

Death-trap trawler crew must be paid and allowed to go home, ITF says

Fishers on a 50-year-old trawler should not be made to go back to sea, even to sail to a repair yard, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is demanding of a vessel which has been so poorly maintained it has become death trap. The fishing vessel Santa Isabel (IMO 7224540), flying

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news 26 May 2023

Global unions urge governments and employers to help put an end to human and trade union rights violations in Belarus

Global Unions Joint Statement Trade unionism is not a crime! Trade unionism is not extremism! Repression of free trade unions in Belarus over the past decades culminated in 2022 with the dissolution of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) and its affiliates and arrests and

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news 24 May 2023

Unions defending the wellbeing of Indian railway workers

The ITF, together with the All-India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) and the National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR), has launched a major initiative to better understand, and improve, the wellbeing of India’s railway workers. Mental health is union business The health and safety of workers

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news 24 May 2023

Global transport union calls on transport ministers to support industry wide just transition plans

Transport ministers meeting at the annual summit of the International Transport Forum, must take the lead on globally coordinated, state led, industry wide just transition plans. Governments attending the largest gathering of transport ministers in Leipzig this week (24–26 May) know they must

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Publication 18 May 2023

Lessons in Failure: Automation at the Port of Auckland

In 2016 Ports of Auckland launched an automation programme which it claimed would double the port’s capacity, promising Aucklanders, customers and shareholders safety, environmental, community and capacity benefits from the automation of their container terminal. But the automation project failed on

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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 in the transport sector. Women drivers in Ghana talk about everyday violence and harassment while

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news 16 May 2023

UK government fails to prepare transition for own visa rule change, risking fishing crew paying the price

The government of the United Kingdom has failed to prepare adequately for its own changes to visa rules, and now underpaid migrant fishers will be forced to pay the price for the government’s delays and incompetence. The change, announced by Home Secretary Suella Braverman, tightens up regulations

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Shipping can be greener, safer and more efficient if technological change is worker-led

The Mass Human Element - Collating Seafarers' Voices: Perspectives and Expectations

Honouring Cabin Crew

Death-trap trawler crew must be paid and allowed to go home, ITF says

Global unions urge governments and employers to help put an end to human and trade union rights violations in Belarus

Unions defending the wellbeing of Indian railway workers

Global transport union calls on transport ministers to support industry wide just transition plans

Lessons in Failure: Automation at the Port of Auckland

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

UK government fails to prepare transition for own visa rule change, risking fishing crew paying the price

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