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The master of a ship on which a container exploded during loading at the Jebel Ali Port in Dubai in July 2021 has finally been allowed home to India thanks to support from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). However, to secure his freedom, the seafarer had to sell his house to pay

On the 24 February 2022, the world was shocked and saddened when the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine. While defences were mobilised, and women and children fled regions under attack, transport workers continued to do their duty. Rail workers kept the trains moving, transporting people to safety

It is with great sadness that we recently learnt of the passing of Jimmy McAuley, former seafarer, RMT union member, and committed fighter for justice around the world. Jimmy came from a Glasgow seafaring family, and after joining the National Union of Seamen in the late 1950s, he sailed to many

JOINT PRESS RELEASE Shipping industry leaders form part of newly created advisory board, the ‘International Advisory Committee on Global Maritime Affairs’ (IACGMA). Creation of advisory board initially recommended by His Excellency Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr during a meeting with

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) condemns the storming of Brazil’s Presidential Palace, Supreme Court and National Congress by neo-fascist mobs and calls for the perpetrators to be brought to justice. “The terrorist acts which occurred in Brasilia by supporters of former

The dramatic announcement yesterday by the Irish Department of Justice that all Non-EEA migrant fishers enrolled in the now abolished Atypical Work Permit Scheme have been granted a Stamp 4 visa (or immigration permission) which enables them full labour market access has been enthusiastically

The European Parliament has fought off platform industry attempts to weaken a proposed law giving their workers decent rights. A vote last week in favour of keeping a strong presumption of employment in the Platform Work Directive by the European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee

Global unions have taken legal action against the South Korean government for its extreme response to a truckers’ strike in the country, which ended on 9 December. The South Korean Government invoked emergency laws as a justification to issue ‘return to work’ orders against individual drivers, which