4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (122+ words) ITF Global Toolkit for Rail Accessibility 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 introducing the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (126+ words) Support transport workers and their families affected by the devastating earthquake in Venezuela. More than 1,700 people are believed to have died so far, with more than 5,000 injured and nearly 16,000 displaced in the wake of the twin earthquakes. The humanitarian crisis…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (92+ words) ITF Global This report, produced for the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), examines the rise of third-party violence against public transport workers and the union strategies developed to address it. Drawing on interviews,…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (145+ words) Should this proposal proceed, the consequences will be serious. Nepal would face: We stand in full solidarity with the workers and trade unions of Nepal and will take all necessary steps at the international level in defence of their fundamental…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (401+ words) The 70th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) brought governments, unions and civil society together in New York from 9-19 March 2026, at a critical moment for women’s rights. This year’s priority theme – ensuring access to justice for…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (100+ words) ITF Global Extreme Temperatures, Weather Events + Climate Extreme weather and rising temperatures are a growing human rights risk for road transport, which directly affects drivers' rights to life, health and dignity. Severe physical exhaustion, dehydration and cognitive impairment resulting from…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (228+ words) On the 20th anniversary of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, we jointly reaffirm our commitment to the principles and protections it embodies and recognise the profound impact it has had on seafarers and on global shipping. The MLC consolidated and modernised around…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (378+ words) Twelve fishers working aboard the Portuguese-flagged fishing vessel Novo Ruivo (IMO 8734671) have been abandoned and left without pay for the past eight months. The fishers, six from Indonesia and six from Angola, are owed USD68,420. They are currently aboard the vessel…...

8+ mon, 6+ day ago   (220+ words) November 20 is the International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) when we mourn our lost siblings and call for justice. It is also an opportunity to remember that an injury to one is an injury to all; trade unions have a…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (646+ words) Real action is needed now to end the crisis of a continuing lack of safe access to decent sanitation facilities – that is the message from transport trade unionists from around the world marking World Toilet Day today (November 19). The ongoing…...