International Transport Workers' Federation

ITF mourns victims of Uganda bus crash and calls for urgent action to protect drivers and the public

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has expressed its shock and deep sadness at the tragic bus crash in Uganda that has claimed more than 40 lives. According to reports, two ...
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Transport workers call for peace, justice and disarmament

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) stands with the ITUC’s Trade Unions for Peace global mobilisation, ...
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ITF and Brazil Government sign landmark agreement for a Just Transition in Transport

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Brazil’s leading transport trade union confederations – ...
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Dutch court rules that ‘preliminary questions’ on ‘Non-Seafarers’ Work Clause’ to be put to EU Court of Justice

Today, the Dutch Court of Appeal ruled that preliminary questions will be brought before the European Union (EU) Court of Justice on the Non-Seafarers’ Work Clause (NSWC). The EU Court of Justice will ...
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ITF solidarity statement with the Global Sumud Flotilla

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), representing over 16.5 million transport workers across 150 countries, stands in unwavering solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla and all ...
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ITF welcomes Captain Bekavac’s return, urges release of Chief Mate Albokhari

The ITF welcomes the news that Captain Bekavac has been able to return home to Croatia and reunite with his family after a long period of detention. At the same time, we are extremely concerned for ...
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Seafarer abandonments cases surge by 30% in 2025

Over 2,280 seafarers have been abandoned aboard 222 vessels so far this year – with $13.1 million in unpaid wages and a 30% year-on-year increase in cases New figures released today by the ...
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ITF leads push for an ILO Convention on platform work as International Labour Conference opens

Geneva – The 113th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) opens today in Geneva, bringing together governments, employers and workers’ delegates from all 187 ILO Member States to ...
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ITF condemns Panama’s crackdown on union rights, demands immediate release of SUNTRACS leaders

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns the Panamanian Government’s escalating repression of trade union rights. The wave of intimidation targeting SUNTRACS and other unions ...
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ITF slams Argentina’s Milei decree that guts the merchant marine and strips workers’ rights

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns Argentine President Javier Milei’s new “Exceptional Regime for the National Merchant Marine” as a reckless act of deregulation that ...
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ITF exposes sham union endangering seafarers everywhere

Shipping companies, financiers and governments across the world urged to cut ties with sham union, ISU-Lanibra. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is sounding the alarm on a growing ...