The ITF represents crew on inland waterways vessels throughout the world, in both trade and passenger tourism. We campaign for better working conditions on canals, rivers and lakes, and in ports and harbours. From timber to tourists, coffee to commuters, our crews carry cargo and passengers in a growing and increasingly challenging industry.
Workers on the world’s waterways are seeing a decline in their working conditions and a reduction in their pay and training. This is due to globalisation, market consolidation and increasing deregulation in the sector. The role of the ITF and its affiliated inland navigation unions has never been more crucial in fighting for sustainable jobs and workers’ rights in the sector and in the wider global supply chains.
The ITF inland navigation section consists of 114 affiliated unions from 64 countries worldwide, representing around 115,000 members.
We fight for a safe workplace and fair treatment of all inland navigation workers, including their right to join a union to protect them at work.
The main issues ITF’s Inland Navigation Section works on are:
To ensure that governments and authorities maintain and enforce high working standards, the ITF launched our ‘Stopping the race to the bottom’ campaign for tug and towage workers to raise awareness of their vital role in the global supply chain.
Our objectives across all our work include:
Our democratic committee decides on the issues we focus on.
The ITF Inland Navigation Section Committee brings together trade unions representing workers who move passengers and cargo on the world’s canals, rivers and lakes, and ports and harbours. The Section is run on a democratic basis, with representation from all world regions as well as women and youth leaders.
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SECTION COORDINATOR Fabrizio Barcellona | --- |
ASSISTANT COORDINATOR Steve Yandell |
The ITF Inland Navigation Section has 114 affiliated unions from 64 countries representing 115,000 workers worldwide.
