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Hundreds of Australian union members have stepped up their fight with Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM), a subsidiary of Hong Kong government-owned MTR, picketing hundreds of train stations to win community support for the rail workers engaged in a bitter struggle for a new agreement.

More than 1,200 migrant fishers have signed a petition calling on the Thai Government to effectively implement and enforce ILO Convention 188, which Thailand ratified in January 2019.

The ITF has held a series of event in Mexico City to build union membership and power in the country, as it looks for opportunities to support Mexican transport unions and help them to join the ITF family. As part of this process, in 2020 the ITF will hold a ground-breaking transport unions

The ITF Seafarers’ and Dockers’ sections today paid tribute to former national president of the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) who died 4 November 2019 with family and loved ones by his side. Meeting in London, the ITF Fair Practices Committee Steering Group, representing our dockers’ and

Last week the National Workers Union of St Lucia hosted a major step in a new era of organising. The Caribbean tourism organising project - which is a joint venture with the ITF and Dutch union FNV - is focused on workers building union strength and digital capacity across the region. The workshop

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today backed the national strike called by workers, unions and civil organisations in Colombia, to protest against corruption and government’s economic, social and anti-union policies that threaten Colombia’s working class. The Colombian

The ITF Dockers’ Section has joined the International Cargo Handling and Coordinating Association (ICHCA) continuing the section’s work to develop new avenues to engage with the stevedoring industry to advance the rights and safety of dock workers globally.

On World Toilet Day, 19 November 2019, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is launching a Transport Workers’ Sanitation Charter, because toilet rights are human rights. The charter provides guidance on what action should be taken by employers and governments to ensure access to

The ITF has held a training session in Algiers, Algeria 10-12 November in partnership with the Fédération Nationale des Travailleurs des Transports - Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens. It is part of a capacity building project in the maritime section in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, run by

The International Transport Workers' Federation strongly condemns the undemocratic coup d’état and military intervention that has forced Bolivian President Evo Morales and Vice President Álvaro Marcelo García Linera to resign and flee the country.