International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)
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ITF creates borderless solidarity among transport workers across the globe. We are 16.5 million voices.
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🌎The @ilo has adopted new guidelines to protect the many migrant fishers worldwide who face exploitation during recruitment — a major win for fair, transparent and safe work at sea.✊ Now governments and employers must act. Read more 🔗 https://t.co/SijlTorkvC
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Climate action must work for people and planet, through a just transition that protects jobs and livelihoods. 🌍 #JustTransition #COP30
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Now the fight turns to stopping the Employment Relations Amendment Bill – a blatant attempt to strip workers' rights, lock in misclassification & hand power to gig companies. We can’t allow politicians to roll those rights back. https://t.co/kkh3tj0KCW
stuff.co.nz
The court unanimously dismissed Uber’s appeal in a case which could open the door for thousands of ’gig economy’ workers in other industries to claim similar rights.
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🇳🇿 UNION WIN! Huge congratulations to ITF affiliates @EtuUnion & @workersfirstnz on today’s historic victory in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Supreme Court. The Court unanimously ruled that Uber drivers are employees - a final, definitive judgement. https://t.co/hB5kqFgH6P.
reuters.com
New Zealand’s highest court sided on Monday with a lower court’s ruling that drivers of Uber who brought a case against the rideshare company should be treated as employees, a decision that could...
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Ahead of #COP30 🇧🇷, ITF has been shining a spotlight on the transport workers on the frontline of climate change. Electric buses like the one Rosenia drives are vital for decarbonisation but governments must invest in infrastructure and training to support transport workers.
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🇮🇩 The Indonesian Fisheries Workers Union has partnered with 15 ports worldwide. The partnership will mean union support for working conditions, health and emergency situations for over 25,000 Indonesian fisheries workers. Unions protect workers! https://t.co/SIrJLfUDiM
nu.or.id
Kolaborasi ini memberikan jalur dukungan langsung bagi pekerja perikanan Indonesia yang membutuhkan bantuan.
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"The future of public transport depends not only on automation and new technologies, but on the capacity to retain workers and centre public transport systems on the working people who run them" @EricCamposBonta, @SomosFESIMETRO at UITP Latin America Forum @metrodemedellin
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🇩🇪Union Win! Big win for transport + logistics workers in Germany @DSV_global signs its 1st agreement with @ver_di, covering 12,000 workers across the group. The deal includes higher severance pay, licence support & training funds — a step forward for fair pay + rights. 🚛✊
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A huge victory for workers in Swaziland. ✊ Congrats to @STAWU_ as SWATCAWU secures full union recognition at Eswatini Railways backed by over 68% of the workforce. #WeMoveTheWorld
♦️VICTORY♦️ SWATCAWU WINS recognition rights at ESR #SWATCAWU
#TUCOSWA #ITF
#WorkingClassAgenda ❤️💛💚🤍🖤
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⚓️Captain Yu’s two-year ordeal in a violent Honduras prison shows the brutal reality of seafarer criminalisation. The ITF stands with all seafarers unjustly detained or blamed for crimes they did not commit.✊ #SeafarerCriminalisation Full story ➡️
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We are at the the UITP Latin America Forum in Medellín 🇨🇴 organised by @metrodemedellin with @EricCamposBonta, President of ITF affiliate @SomosFESIMETRO! Public transport needs proper public investment 👏 #OurPublicTransport
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At the "Just transition in the maritime and port sectors" session, held by ITF affiliate CONTTMAF at #COP30, Carlos Müller highlighted the progress made in trade union representation in Brazil as seafarers and dockers are starting to shaping the future of the maritime industry.
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✈️On ATSEP Day, ITF celebrates the skilled professionals who keep our skies safe. As aviation evolves, ATSEPs ensure innovation strengthens safety. Thank you for keeping flights safe. 👏🌏 https://t.co/K5chOgtdVQ
itfglobal.org
On Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel Day, the ITF thanks the dedicated community at the heart of global aviation.
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Apoyo del Sec Regional de @ITF_Americas Edgar Díaz ante las ilegalidades de la adm/jd @canaldepanama @jricazac quienes nos secuestran dineros trabajados y ganados, desmejorando además a cientos de familias panameñas. Somos un pais aparte que interpreta LA LEY a su conveniencia
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Two Ethiopian fishers have been abandoned and forcibly removed from their vessel in Iran after months without pay. The ITF condemns this blatant abuse and demands their immediate safety, payment and repatriation. ✊ https://t.co/nR4PGXPLjJ
itfglobal.org
ITF condemns forced disembarkation of fishers being held in Bushehr, Iran.The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) demands immedia
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ITF and affiliates are at #COP30 calling for a just transition that guarantees opportunities and protection for workers. Decarbonisation must come with investments in professional training, technological innovation and occupational safety. No worker should be left behind!
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Ahead of #COP30 🇧🇷, ITF has been shining a spotlight on the transport workers on the frontline of climate change. Junior, a bus depot supervisor in São Paulo, is calling for a just transition that protects workers. #ClimateJusticeWorkerJustice
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Many European ships fly under the British flag because UK laws allow companies to employ workers on so-called transit visas, effectively reducing them to little more than illegal labourers. https://t.co/BG2vxyMpw6
myjoyonline.com
Ghanaian fishermen who migrated to Europe because of overfishing along Ghana’s coastline have found themselves exploited in the European fishing industry.
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#COP30 starts in Brazil on Monday. ITF will be there as the voice of transport workers calling for a just transition.
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