International Transport Workers' Federation
@itfglobalunion.bsky.social
ITF creates borderless solidarity among transport workers in every corner of the globe. We are 16.5 million voices; We stand together; #WeAreITF.
On #WorldFisheriesDay, the ITF is running first aid training and handing out first aid kits to fishers in Senegal and Indonesia
Fishing is the most dangerous job in the world, with thousands of fishers dying every year and many more injured.
Fishing is the most dangerous job in the world, with thousands of fishers dying every year and many more injured.
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
On #WorldFisheriesDay, the ITF is running first aid training and handing out first aid kits to fishers in Senegal and Indonesia
Fishing is the most dangerous job in the world, with thousands of fishers dying every year and many more injured.
Fishing is the most dangerous job in the world, with thousands of fishers dying every year and many more injured.
Certification is not the solution. For example, the MSC is an ecolabel focused on overfishing and the environment and “makes no social claims”.
Allegations on vessels in MSC fisheries therefore “don’t fall within the scope” of its remit.
Allegations on vessels in MSC fisheries therefore “don’t fall within the scope” of its remit.
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Certification is not the solution. For example, the MSC is an ecolabel focused on overfishing and the environment and “makes no social claims”.
Allegations on vessels in MSC fisheries therefore “don’t fall within the scope” of its remit.
Allegations on vessels in MSC fisheries therefore “don’t fall within the scope” of its remit.
At #COP30 this week, ITF Affiliate, CNTTL, has been demonstrating union power both in transport meetings and on the streets.
The transition to a lower carbon future must be a just transition with decent work in all sectors and regions.
#climatejusticeworkerjustice
The transition to a lower carbon future must be a just transition with decent work in all sectors and regions.
#climatejusticeworkerjustice
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
At #COP30 this week, ITF Affiliate, CNTTL, has been demonstrating union power both in transport meetings and on the streets.
The transition to a lower carbon future must be a just transition with decent work in all sectors and regions.
#climatejusticeworkerjustice
The transition to a lower carbon future must be a just transition with decent work in all sectors and regions.
#climatejusticeworkerjustice
On #WorldToiletDay, these photos of so-called toilets onboard Thai fishing vessels show the shocking reality faced by fishers at sea.
Trade unions have the power to change this reality by negotiating sanitation rights for fishers globally.
Trade unions have the power to change this reality by negotiating sanitation rights for fishers globally.
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
On #WorldToiletDay, these photos of so-called toilets onboard Thai fishing vessels show the shocking reality faced by fishers at sea.
Trade unions have the power to change this reality by negotiating sanitation rights for fishers globally.
Trade unions have the power to change this reality by negotiating sanitation rights for fishers globally.
🇳🇱 ITF affiliate @fvnspoor.bsky.social have negotiated the inclusion of menstrual measures in agreements with Dutch Railways 👏
✅ Flexible working patterns
✅ Free menstrual products
✅ Open dialogue
#WorldToiletDay #ThisIsOurWorldToo
✅ Flexible working patterns
✅ Free menstrual products
✅ Open dialogue
#WorldToiletDay #ThisIsOurWorldToo
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🇳🇱 ITF affiliate @fvnspoor.bsky.social have negotiated the inclusion of menstrual measures in agreements with Dutch Railways 👏
✅ Flexible working patterns
✅ Free menstrual products
✅ Open dialogue
#WorldToiletDay #ThisIsOurWorldToo
✅ Flexible working patterns
✅ Free menstrual products
✅ Open dialogue
#WorldToiletDay #ThisIsOurWorldToo
On #WorldToiletDay, ITF is calling for all transport workers, especially women, to have safe access to decent sanitation.
This year, we're highlighting the issues facing maritime workers, all of which can and must be urgently resolved
#ThisIsOurWorldToo
This year, we're highlighting the issues facing maritime workers, all of which can and must be urgently resolved
#ThisIsOurWorldToo
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
On #WorldToiletDay, ITF is calling for all transport workers, especially women, to have safe access to decent sanitation.
This year, we're highlighting the issues facing maritime workers, all of which can and must be urgently resolved
#ThisIsOurWorldToo
This year, we're highlighting the issues facing maritime workers, all of which can and must be urgently resolved
#ThisIsOurWorldToo
A message from Eric Campos, President of ITF affiliate FESIMETRO, at the UITP Latin America Forum in Medellín 🇨🇴
#OurPublicTransport
#OurPublicTransport
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A message from Eric Campos, President of ITF affiliate FESIMETRO, at the UITP Latin America Forum in Medellín 🇨🇴
#OurPublicTransport
#OurPublicTransport
As #COP30 continues in Brazil 🇧🇷, ITF is shining a spotlight on the vital 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
Junior, a bus depot supervisor in São Paulo, is calling for a just transition that protects workers.
#ClimateJusticeWorkerJustice
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
As #COP30 continues in Brazil 🇧🇷, ITF is shining a spotlight on the vital 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
Junior, a bus depot supervisor in São Paulo, is calling for a just transition that protects workers.
#ClimateJusticeWorkerJustice
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.
#WorkerJustice
#WorkerJustice
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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.
#WorkerJustice
#WorkerJustice
#COP30 is happening in Brazil right now. ITF is there as the voice of transport workers calling for a just transition.
#ClimateJusticeWorkerJustice
#ClimateJusticeWorkerJustice
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#COP30 is happening in Brazil right now. ITF is there as the voice of transport workers calling for a just transition.
#ClimateJusticeWorkerJustice
#ClimateJusticeWorkerJustice
Women drivers and conductors came together last week at a 'Women moving Maharastra' workshop in Pune, India organised by ITF and MSTKS 🇮🇳
Women must have spaces to organise. Women’s issues must be part of the bargaining agenda. Women must be in leadership.
#ThisIsOurWorldToo
Women must have spaces to organise. Women’s issues must be part of the bargaining agenda. Women must be in leadership.
#ThisIsOurWorldToo
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Women drivers and conductors came together last week at a 'Women moving Maharastra' workshop in Pune, India organised by ITF and MSTKS 🇮🇳
Women must have spaces to organise. Women’s issues must be part of the bargaining agenda. Women must be in leadership.
#ThisIsOurWorldToo
Women must have spaces to organise. Women’s issues must be part of the bargaining agenda. Women must be in leadership.
#ThisIsOurWorldToo
✍️ ITF Statement on the horrific attack on the Doncaster to London LNER train service on Saturday 1st November.
@rmtunion.bsky.social @aslefunion.bsky.social @tssa.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social
@rmtunion.bsky.social @aslefunion.bsky.social @tssa.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
✍️ ITF Statement on the horrific attack on the Doncaster to London LNER train service on Saturday 1st November.
@rmtunion.bsky.social @aslefunion.bsky.social @tssa.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social
@rmtunion.bsky.social @aslefunion.bsky.social @tssa.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social
Congratulations to Atle Høie on being re-elected as General Secretary of @industriall-union.org and Christiane Benner on being elected as President at IndustriaALL's 4th Congress in Sydney, Australia.
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Congratulations to Atle Høie on being re-elected as General Secretary of @industriall-union.org and Christiane Benner on being elected as President at IndustriaALL's 4th Congress in Sydney, Australia.
As discussions at @imohq.bsky.social on the net zero framework are delayed until next year, cities and trade unions need to form powerful alliances to make sure maritime decarbonisation works for the planet and workers.
Carlos Muller, CONTTMAF President, at @c40cities.bsky.social #WMS25 👏
Carlos Muller, CONTTMAF President, at @c40cities.bsky.social #WMS25 👏
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
As discussions at @imohq.bsky.social on the net zero framework are delayed until next year, cities and trade unions need to form powerful alliances to make sure maritime decarbonisation works for the planet and workers.
Carlos Muller, CONTTMAF President, at @c40cities.bsky.social #WMS25 👏
Carlos Muller, CONTTMAF President, at @c40cities.bsky.social #WMS25 👏
At the @c40cities.bsky.social #WMS25 'Clean shipping: multilateralism for zero emissions' session, Carlos Müller, CONTTMAF President, called for Port Welfare Committees for Seafarers - spaces that bring together local authorities, unions, and port operators to promote wellbeing for seafarers.
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
At the @c40cities.bsky.social #WMS25 'Clean shipping: multilateralism for zero emissions' session, Carlos Müller, CONTTMAF President, called for Port Welfare Committees for Seafarers - spaces that bring together local authorities, unions, and port operators to promote wellbeing for seafarers.
🇨🇭Geneva, @ITF @etf-europe.bsky.social @ilo.org discussed the adoption of fair labour market services for safeguarding the rights of migrant fishers including fair treatment, work agreements and complaint procedures.
Read more 👉 www.ilo.org/meetings-and...
Read more 👉 www.ilo.org/meetings-and...
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🇨🇭Geneva, @ITF @etf-europe.bsky.social @ilo.org discussed the adoption of fair labour market services for safeguarding the rights of migrant fishers including fair treatment, work agreements and complaint procedures.
Read more 👉 www.ilo.org/meetings-and...
Read more 👉 www.ilo.org/meetings-and...
UK Transit visas effectively reduce migrant fishers to little more than illegal labourers.
Chris Williams, ITF Fisheries Section Coordinator.
Chris Williams, ITF Fisheries Section Coordinator.
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
UK Transit visas effectively reduce migrant fishers to little more than illegal labourers.
Chris Williams, ITF Fisheries Section Coordinator.
Chris Williams, ITF Fisheries Section Coordinator.
Three seafarers killed. One seriously injured.
Investigations found the company responsible — yet their colleagues are being blamed.
The ITF demands an end to the criminalisation of seafarers.
#SeafarerCriminalisation
Investigations found the company responsible — yet their colleagues are being blamed.
The ITF demands an end to the criminalisation of seafarers.
#SeafarerCriminalisation
October 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Three seafarers killed. One seriously injured.
Investigations found the company responsible — yet their colleagues are being blamed.
The ITF demands an end to the criminalisation of seafarers.
#SeafarerCriminalisation
Investigations found the company responsible — yet their colleagues are being blamed.
The ITF demands an end to the criminalisation of seafarers.
#SeafarerCriminalisation
49 months behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit.
Wrongly imprisoned, without justice.
The ITF demands an end to the criminalisation and unfair detention of seafarers.
#SeafarerCriminalisation
Wrongly imprisoned, without justice.
The ITF demands an end to the criminalisation and unfair detention of seafarers.
#SeafarerCriminalisation
October 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
49 months behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit.
Wrongly imprisoned, without justice.
The ITF demands an end to the criminalisation and unfair detention of seafarers.
#SeafarerCriminalisation
Wrongly imprisoned, without justice.
The ITF demands an end to the criminalisation and unfair detention of seafarers.
#SeafarerCriminalisation
They keep global trade moving — yet too often, when things go wrong, seafarers are the ones who pay the price.
It’s time to end #SeafarerCriminalisation.
It’s time to end #SeafarerCriminalisation.
October 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
They keep global trade moving — yet too often, when things go wrong, seafarers are the ones who pay the price.
It’s time to end #SeafarerCriminalisation.
It’s time to end #SeafarerCriminalisation.
🇯🇵 @atucomms.bsky.social joined the ITF and Japanese ITF affiliates on a 3 day tour in Tokyo. The tour gave ITF affiliates the chance to explore Japan’s world-renowned transport network and to consider what autonomous systems means for jobs and workers’ rights.
#OurPublicTransport
#OurPublicTransport
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🇯🇵 @atucomms.bsky.social joined the ITF and Japanese ITF affiliates on a 3 day tour in Tokyo. The tour gave ITF affiliates the chance to explore Japan’s world-renowned transport network and to consider what autonomous systems means for jobs and workers’ rights.
#OurPublicTransport
#OurPublicTransport
Solidarity to the Rotterdam dockers who are now on indefinite strike ✊
300 lashers from our affiliate FNV Havens 🇳🇱 met this morning and voted to continue their strike for an indefinite period.
It’s our turn now!
300 lashers from our affiliate FNV Havens 🇳🇱 met this morning and voted to continue their strike for an indefinite period.
It’s our turn now!
October 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Solidarity to the Rotterdam dockers who are now on indefinite strike ✊
300 lashers from our affiliate FNV Havens 🇳🇱 met this morning and voted to continue their strike for an indefinite period.
It’s our turn now!
300 lashers from our affiliate FNV Havens 🇳🇱 met this morning and voted to continue their strike for an indefinite period.
It’s our turn now!
Poor mental health disproportionately affects transport workers. We will keep fighting until every worker, in every transport sector, receives the training and support they need.
October 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Poor mental health disproportionately affects transport workers. We will keep fighting until every worker, in every transport sector, receives the training and support they need.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, ITF is celebrating the wins unions have made to secure better mental health and wellbeing for transport workers around the world.
October 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, ITF is celebrating the wins unions have made to secure better mental health and wellbeing for transport workers around the world.
Stephen Cotton, ITF General Secretary, meeting with Marina Hadjimanolis, Cyprus Deputy Minister for Shipping, and Charalambos Avgousti, FTPAW SEK General Secretary, at the Maritime Cyprus Conference yesterday.
October 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Stephen Cotton, ITF General Secretary, meeting with Marina Hadjimanolis, Cyprus Deputy Minister for Shipping, and Charalambos Avgousti, FTPAW SEK General Secretary, at the Maritime Cyprus Conference yesterday.