An International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) delegation has successfully defended aviation workers’ rights at this week’s 18th meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Air Transport Regulation Panel (ATRP/18) in Montreal this week – pushing back on renewed proposals to liberalise the global aviation market with no worker protections. The ITF delegation, joined some ICAO […]
April 28, 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
At our recent Civil Aviation Conference held on 15 October 2024, in Marrakech, affiliates across the board expressed strong support for intensifying our involvement and influence within the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). In the wake of the Conference, a landmark achievement was our first-ever participation as observers on the ICAO Council, marking a pivotal […]
November 1, 2024
A delegation from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), including representatives from various unions such as ver.di from Germany, represented by Robert Hengster, and Unite the Union from the UK, represented by Kris Major, alongside Gabriel Mocho Rodriguez, Secretary of the ITF Civil Aviation Section, convened at the 13th meeting of the ICAO Facilitation Panel […]
March 5, 2024
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) was a strong voice for aviation workers at the ICAO Regulatory Panel (ATRP) meeting in Dakar, Senegal, from 1 to 3 November 2023. The ITF joined forces with the International Federation of Airline Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) and was represented by ITF aviation affiliates from Germany, the USA, West Africa […]
November 7, 2023
MADRID – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today called on employers, regulators, policy makers, solution providers and experts from across the aviation value chain gathered at IATA’s World Sustainability Summit to ensure frontline workers and their union representatives are consulted and involved to help expedite the sector’s transition to a net-zero future. “ITF supports the […]
October 3, 2023
Photo: Anna Giunta MONTREAL: The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA), the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA), and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), are united in their condemnation of all forms of workplace harassment and violence. Workplace harassment happens in all sectors, all global regions, and in all industries. […]
July 26, 2023
Women representing global and European transport unions are attending this week’s ICAO Global Aviation Gender Summit 2023 in Madrid, Spain, to ensure the voices of women aviation workers from around the world are heard loud and clear and to press for changes that address the systemic challenges that have plagued the industry since its formation. […]
July 6, 2023
