covid-19

On the occasion of International Workers Memorial Day 2020 [1], the global trade union movement calls upon governments and occupational health and safety bodies around the world to recognise SARS-CoV

Joint statement from the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)

The International Chamber of Shipping and its global network of national member associations and the International Transport Workers’ Federation and its 215 seafarers’ unions are calling on seafarers

Three Greek seafarers and 22 of their shipmates on two bulk carriers at anchor in the Port of Djibouti are among a rising tide of crew abandoned around the world at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic

Statement from ITF president Paddy Crumlin and ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton on behalf of ITF affiliates worldwide, and our 20 million members in the essential supply chain industries of shipping, stevedoring, rail, road, aviation, urban transport, fisheries and tourism.

Indonesian authorities first rejected multiple requests for an emergency medical evacuation needed to save the life of a 45-year-old Russian seafarer on board the WL Palekh due to the country’s Covid-19 restrictions.

(Geneva/ London) – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for support from governments to the aviation industry, to protect

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) together offer our deepest sympathies to the families, friends and colleagues of those air

The latest, special ITF podcast looking at the Covid-19 crisis has heard about the particular effects on working women. ITF project specialist (ending violence against women transport workers) Kim

Guidance for trade union negotiators Safe access to decent sanitation facilities at work, and most importantly being able to use them when needed during the working day, is truly a global issue that