The ITF joins the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and transport unions globally in mourning the loss of Jimmy Donovan, a ...

In a historic milestone for worker solidarity in Southeast Asia, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has ...

A staggering 37% of all abandonment cases in 2025 have occurred in the Arab World – the highest proportion of any region globally. Thirty-four percent have taken place in Europe (the majority in ...

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) mourns the loss of Dr Susan Michaelis, a pioneering voice for aviation safety and a tireless campaigner for lobular breast cancer research, who ...

Holidays and leisure should be about creating wonderful memories that will last a lifetime. But too many workers in the tourism sector are living a day-to-day reality of precarious work, low pay and ...

The ‘Marrakech Policy’, adopted at the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s (ITF) 46th Congress in Marrakech, Morocco, in October 2024, now forms the governing framework for the global ...

Issues and Experiences from Unions in Cities of the Global South. A just transition in urban transport focuses on the need to make changes that reduce carbon emissions but at the same time combat ...

ITF Seafarers’ Section Coordinator, Fabrizio Barcellona, said: “This is a desperate situation with ten seafarers kidnapped, their crew mates threatened with execution, and their families pleading for ...

Mental health and stress training upgraded for world’s biggest supplier of seafarers – as ITF expands global wellbeing programme. Filipino seafarers will now benefit from enhanced mental health and ...

The ITF voiced its concern this week to the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) regarding the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman and Israeli ports and asked that these areas be designated as Warlike Operations ...

As global leaders convene for COP27 in Egypt, ITF project coordinator Bruno Dobrusin outlines how the world can learn from the just transition underway in Santiago. For the first time, a union in ...

Distant water fishing fleets registered with the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) are exploiting and abusing fishers, a new report from the ITF reveals. While the ...