Delegates adopt eight motions and two statements, covering conflict-zone safety, the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway, the Amazon, ...

Erwin was a committed internationalist who devoted his life to the labour movement. Erwin died at home in Antwerp, surrounded ...

Delegates to the ITF Inland Navigation Conference today adopted a statement calling for urgent action by the Panama Canal ...

Seafarers often work long and irregular hours. The Maritime Labour Convention sets limits on maximum hours of work and minimum hours of rest. But shipping companies undermine them routinely – ...

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 ...

Mental health and psychosocial risks are widespread in fisheries and are closely linked to the systemic conditions of the work. Fishers work in isolated, confined environments for extended periods, ...

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) joins the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in calling for an immediate ceasefire, full de-escalation by all parties and the urgent ...

Troublesome delivery company XPO has signed two contracts with US union the International Brotherhood of Teamsters offering hope to the firm’s oppressed workers around the world. The company signed ...

Across the world airports are introducing new technologies aimed at increasing efficiency, reducing costs and supplementing worker shortages. The rate of change varies across airports – dependent on ...

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG), as social partners of the International Bargaining Forum (IBF), have today designated the Strait of Hormuz ...

Today the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87, ruling that the right to strike of workers and their organisations is ...

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcomes the announcement by Qatar's Ministry of Labour introducing mandatory Joint Committees in larger workplaces. Under the latest labour law ...