November 5th, 2010 | In Homepage | Comments Off on Welcome to the ITF Aviation Blog
Here you will find an ever expanding resource covering aviation issues that affect all categories of civil aviation workers including cabin crew, airline ground staff, pilots, airport workers and air traffic management staff. Be sure to return regularly or to register to receive updates as this area will be updated on a daily and weekly basis. Also, please email us at aviation@itf.org.uk if you have any links or material you would like to contribute here, or simply to offer us feedback. The ITF Civil Aviation section.
As members of the global trade union movement – and representatives of aviation unions from across the globe – we stand united against the rising threat of chauvinism, nationalism and unilateralism casting an ominous shadow across the world. We have already seen how quick right-wing governments around the world are to attack labour rights, including […]
March 21, 2025
Brian Bryant, International President of the 600,000-member IAM Union, and Richie Johnsen, IAM Air Transport Territory General Vice President, issued the following statement demanding stronger protections for airline customer service representatives following a violent assault on a United Airlines employee/IAM Union member at Washington Dulles International Airport yesterday: “Our members deserve a workplace where they can […]
March 14, 2025
British Airways (BA), a name synonymous with excellence, must uphold the same standard for all its workers. Hundreds of dedicated individuals, who are essential to BA’s operations, are employed through outsourcing companies and are paid significantly less than their directly employed counterparts for performing the same crucial work. This inequality cannot stand. BA must be […]
March 12, 2025
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) Professional & Government Affairs (PGA) Committee Meeting took place on 5-6 February 2025, hosted by the Kenya Airline Pilots’ Association (KALPA). The meeting gathered key aviation industry stakeholders to discuss critical issues and future strategies. Representing the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), Mohammed Dauda Safiyanu, the […]
February 9, 2025
In light of the announcement that the PSA Airlines Flight 5342 crash has now moved to a recovery operation, the ITF mourns the tragic loss of life of the crew and passengers on board the aircraft and the personnel aboard the military helicopter. “This tragedy is felt across our movement,” said Stephen Cotton, ITF General Secretary. […]
February 3, 2025
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) are shocked and saddened by the tragic midair collision involving a PSA Airlines jet operating as American Airlines Flight 5342, and a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington, D.C early this morning. This flight was crewed by members of our affiliates, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) and the Air […]
January 30, 2025
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today called upon airlines, airports, ANSPs, ground handlers, OEMs and stakeholders across the aviation supply chain to engage with unions on chronic staffing issues which, if left unaddressed, will threaten the industry’s growth and sustainability. “We’ve seen IATA’s projections for civil aviation in 2025 for an estimated 5.2 billion passengers and […]
January 3, 2025
The International Transport Workers’ Federation and the 13 million transport workers it represents, would like to convey our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of those who were tragically lost today on Jeju Air Flight 77C2216 and last Wednesday on Azerbaijan Airline Flight 8432. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with all […]
December 31, 2024
