In Livingstone, ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton and ITF Africa Regional Secretary Mohammed Dauda Safiyanu and ITF’s National Coordinating Committee of Zambia met with Hon. Rodney Sikumba, Zambia's Tourism Minister and Chair of the UN Tourism Regional Commission for Africa.

Seafarers face growing danger as conflicts continue to threaten vital shipping routes. Urgent action is needed to protect transport workers, ensure the safe repatriation of seafarers and return to peace talks.

The visit included a trip to stranded tanker, MV Besart: maritime issues were high on the agenda, from seafarer criminalisation, to abandonment and improved port control.

ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton visited Albania this week. He met the government and ITF affiliate, the Federation of Transport and Telecommunication Workers' Unions of Albania.

Civilian transport workers are paying the price for conflicts they have no part in. ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton calls for an immediate end to attacks on transport workers, safe passage for merchant shipping and a return to diplomacy.

🇹🇿 COTWU are organising for Safe Rates at Dar es Salaam international bus terminal to build worker power and raise awareness about the importance of good mental health for drivers. #SafeRatesSaveLives

🇳🇵ITF affiliate NETWON are organising drivers at Kathmandu Airport this week in the struggle for fair pay, proper road infrastructure, clean facilities for workers, and effective social dialogue with unions. #SafeRatesSaveLives

Young workers for Safe Rates! ✊ Our Youth Committee showing solidarity with drivers and unions across the world fighting for fair pay. #SafeRatesSaveLives

Safe Rates guarantee fair pay for all the hours that drivers work. This improves road safety for everyone. Unions are campaigning for enforceable Safe Rates agreements that put them at the centre of setting standards - holding corporate power to account. #SafeRatesSaveLives

Good mental health is critical to drivers' being able to do their jobs. ITF young workers are at the forefront of the Safe Rates action week this year! #SafeRatesSaveLives

We are launching the 2026 ITF Safe Rates Action Week! Road transport unions worldwide are fighting back against the pressures pushing drivers to their absolute limits and endangering lives - low pay, long hours, chronic fatigue, job insecurity and platform algorithms.

"Trade unions give women the means to collectively bring their needs to an employer. They are the empowerment tools to make tourism an attractive sector for all women workers." Natalie Swan, ITF Director of Women Transport Workers & Gender Equality. #ThisIsOurWorldToo

"Across sectors, including Tourism, the ITF is working with affiliates and industry to strengthen labour standards, improve safety and job quality, and support more resilient supply chains." Stephen Cotton, ITF General Secretary, at the ITF Tourism Conference #WeMoveTheWorld

The ITF Tourism Services Section Conference is ON. 🏖️ Tourism unions from across the globe are gathered at ITF House, London - to address the challenges facing workers in the tourism sector.

➡️ Now governments must ratify #ILC2026 #PlatformWorkers

The rules of the game have changed 🚨 This is a victory won by platform workers – the delivery riders, ride-hail drivers and app-based transport workers who organised, testified and refused to accept that an app could strip them of their rights. (1/2)

Historic win for platform workers! 8 years of campaigning from workers and unions has paid off - the ILC has adopted the Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy. When we come together, we win. #ILC2026 #PlatformWorkers

Stephen Cotton, ITF General Secretary, and Katie Higginbottom, ITF Seafarers Trust, travelled to Odesa to see first-hand the conditions port workers are enduring as they keep vital trade moving in the face of war. Full solidarity with MTWTU and all transport workers in Ukraine. ✊🇺🇦 See less

🇵🇰 ITF Rail Week of Action in Pakistan! Railway Workers' Union Open Line Pakistan taking action at Hyderabad station to demand fair salaries and pensions. #SafeAndSustainableRail

The South Iraq Railways Union are mobilising for the ITF Rail Week of Action to win: ➡️ modern infrastructure ➡️ enhanced passenger train services ➡️ metro train projects. Unions are vital to achieving efficient and sustainable transport services! #SafeAndSustainableRail

Webinar: Tourism Services Conference. ITF and SWELL, University of Surrey, are co-hosting a global conference marking the pre-launch of the UN Tourism/ITF Global Report on Women in Tourism Transport. 🕥 09:30-14:00 BST, 24 June 2026 Register now 👉 forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

Our delegation is at #ILC2026 calling for real and enforceable protections for all platform workers. Technological innovation must be matched by the strongest possible protections — workers cannot be left behind in the digital economy.

Our key principles for decent work in railway covers ALL rail workers — including outsourced workers. Collective bargaining is at the centre of the fight for decent work. Union strong! #SafeAndSustainableRail

🚻 Sanitation 🤖 Protect jobs 👩🏽‍✈️ Diversity #SafeAndSustainableRail

🪧 Are you a union taking action this week? Tag @itfglobalunion.bsky.social and let's show the power of the global union movement! #SafeAndSustainableRail

Today kicks off our Rail Week of Action! 🛤️ We are campaigning for decent work in railway. This means strong union rights, proper investment and safety as a priority for workers and passengers.

The ITF expresses its deepest condolences following the tragic collision between a train and a school bus in Belgium. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families, transport workers and emergency service workers. Safety must always come first — for workers and passengers alike

Cabin air quality and fume events are widely known to have serious health consequences for cabin crew. Join unions from across the aviation sector to hear from experts, understand the risks, and discuss how we win safer skies for crew and passengers. itf-org-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Yesterday, the ITF joined the 'From Policy to Practice: Enabling Equal Opportunities Across the Maritime Sector' panel discussion hosted by Shipping Deputy Ministry of Cyprus to drive the discussion on increasing equal opportunities and inclusion in shipping.

The ITF Women's Committee condemns the attempted assault and violence against trade unionist Nermin Al-Sharif, Head of the General Federation of Libyan Workers 🇱🇾