Seafarers, air transport workers must be prioritised for vaccine

Air Traffic Controllers, Cabin Crew, Civil Aviation, Ground Staff, ITF news online, Pilots

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Seafarers, air transport workers must be prioritised for vaccine

Today the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) reiterates our strong request for seafarers and aviation workers to be prioritised by governments in their Covid-19 vaccination programmes. The ITF welcomes the joint statement from UN bodies last week supporting this position. Covid-19 and its impacts have been felt by none more acutely than transport workers and […]


March 29, 2021

ILO, IMO and ICAO urge governments to act on crew change, ‘key worker’ status

Air Traffic Controllers, Cabin Crew, Civil Aviation, Ground Staff, ITF news online, Pilots

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ILO, IMO and ICAO urge governments to act on crew change, ‘key worker’ status

The leaders of the world’s highest maritime, aviation and labour authorities have issued a joint statement calling on governments to facilitate maritime crew changes and designate the millions of workers in critical transport industries through the present pandemic as ‘key workers’. Fang Liu (International Civil Aviation Organization), Kitack Lim (International Maritime Organization) and Guy Ryder […]


May 28, 2020