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News | 23 Oct 2014 Press Release

Solidarity from ITF to transport unions impacted by Ebola outbreak

ITF leadership, global section chairs and regional vice-presidents are meeting in London this week and have heard a report from African regional staff detailing the...

News | 23 Oct 2014 Press Release

Kimberly Karlshoej is new head of ITF Seafarers’ Trust

Kimberly Karlshoej is well known as a founder and, until recently, director and programme officer of The TK Foundation, the trust named after her father, J Torben...

News | 15 Oct 2014 Press Release

ITF and FNV call for dialogue on Rotterdam’s future

The two organisations spoke out following a two day meeting that brought together the ITF dockers’ section secretary and FNV Bondgenoten dockers’ section...

News | 10 Oct 2014 Press Release

KPI to enter into regional federation

Indonesia’s Seafarer Union, Kesatuan Pelaut Indonesia (KPI) has agreed to enter into a federation with transport unions from Papua New Guinea, Australia and New...

News | 04 Oct 2014 Press Release

ITF president slams Australian royal commission

ITF affiliate the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) appeared yesterday at the Conservative government’s royal commission into trade union governance and...

News | 04 Oct 2014

Coalition demonstrates against Canada-EU trade agreement

The demonstration was organised by the Seafarers’ International Union (SIU) of Canada and the newly-formed Canadian Maritime & Supply Chain Coalition to...

News | 04 Oct 2014

Third ITF humanitarian shipment reaches Gaza

Two hundred wheelchairs, 200 adult and paediatric walkers and 3,000 school bags with student kits were included in the delivery to Gaza on 29 September of the third...

News | 25 Sep 2014 Press Release

ITF supports coalition for good jobs in PNG

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has thrown its full support behind the campaign against privatising public assets and services in Papua New...