health and safety

An ITF delegation of union activists has been in South Korea to support truck drivers in their demand that the government keeps its promise to make the roads safer. The Road Safety Freight Rates

The ITF has joined Irish dock workers union SIPTU in an urgent call for better protection for all workers in Ireland’s ports — through both regulations and enforcement — after a 50-year-old truck driver was killed in North Docks at Dublin Port on August 14.

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

Following the break-down in national negotiations, the ITF and ETF are supporting Italian affiliates in taking strike action. All dockers deserve safe conditions, decent wages and a voice in

Over 100 railway workers in Turkey have taken part in two consecutive ITF workshops. Running on 29-30 April and 2-3 May in Ankara, the participants discussed different types of privatisation, shared

During a recent mission to Croatia, ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton met with the Croatian Ship Manning Association (CROSMA) and the Mare Nostrum Shipowner Association, together with ITF’s affiliate Seafarers Union of Croatia (SUC), to discuss how to safeguard working conditions for the country’s seafarers.

The international trade union community is mourning following the death of a Pakistani dock worker killed earlier this week at Hutchison Port’s Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT), after a reach stacker reversed over him.