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Yesterday, ITF affiliates in North America travelled to Capitol Hill to testify before the US Congress on the critical issue of aviation safety.

Leaders of South African transport unions have met in Cape Town to find solutions to their members problems, boost cooperation and share information. The unions met as part of the ITF national coordination committee (NCC) and agreed to work more closely together to give transport workers in South

Through a series of planned actions next week, Amazon will be challenged to do the right thing and recognise workers and their importance to the success of the company. Increasingly, Amazon is being challenged to recognise unions, as workers seek to improve their rights and conditions through

Members of the Wingspan Workers' Union (WWU) have voted to admit workers from any aviation company across Thailand, not just those working for Wingspan. This is a big step in the ITF airport organising programme strategy to organise outsourced, precarious and sub-contracted workers in Thai airports

The ITF today called on the Sri Lankan government to immediately release Ukrainian seafarer Captain Gennadiy Gavrylov and allow him to return to his home in Ukraine.

Workers from three unions in Nairobi have attended an ITF workshop on communication skills as they seek to influence government plans for bus rapid transit (BRT). The Transport Workers’ Union (TAWU), the Matatu Workers’ Union (MWU) and the Public Transport Operators Union (PUTON) have been working

The ITF has continued its cooperation with the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a high-level meeting in Dubai. ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton, president Paddy Crumlin and Arab World regional secretary Bilal Malkawi met with Omar Bin Ghaleb of the UAE General Civil Aviation

The court of appeals in Chile has backed workers of the Latam Express Union in their battle for justice following a strike in 2018. The court unanimously held that the cabin crew union’s strike, which lasted 17 days, was lawfully terminated by the union on 25 April 2018. Chilean labour law says a

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today welcomed the release of Captain Carola Rackete after the German captain was arrested on Saturday for docking the search and rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3 with 40 migrants onboard.

Unions from across the Arab World have come together to continue the development of the ITF’s Arab World Contact Network in order to provide more assistance and support for seafarers and enhanced coordination in cases where seafarers are in distress in the region.