The purpose of the Toolkit is to begin a global dialogue on rail accessibility and propose strategies to mutually advance labour and disability rights across the rail sector. It does this by ...

Access to shore leave is a fundamental right under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) and is essential for safeguarding seafarers’ health, wellbeing and dignity. However, in practice, seafarers ...

The pressures of life at sea can have enormous impacts on the mental wellbeing of the world’s seafarers. Seafarers’ Bulletin shows how the ITF is driving change globally in the industry, through work ...

The pressures of life at sea can have enormous impacts on the mental wellbeing of the world’s seafarers. Seafarers’ Bulletin shows how the ITF is driving change globally in the industry, through work ...

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has condemned another sharp escalation in attacks on merchant shipping and transport workers on two fronts – the US-Iran war and the Russia ...

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) condemns the latest attacks and seizures targeting civilian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, calling on all parties/warring states to immediately ...

Only one in five cabin crew representatives believes their airline takes fatigue seriously, according to a new report released today by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). Published ...

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 ...

Every year on 28 April, we stop, we remember, we recommit. This year, on International Workers’ Memorial Day, our collective grief is fresh and the urgency for change is acute. In the past twelve ...

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 ...

Survey results released today by the ITF Fishers’ Rights Network (FRN) show shocking breaches of international labour standards in the Thai fishing industry with 99% of fishers not legally paid, 87% ...

ITF research reveals serious abuses of fishers’ labour rights on vessels operating in Marine Stewardship Council-certified fisheries, casting doubt on ‘responsible sourcing’ claims. Labour abuses ...