ITF brings the voice of workers to Global Aviation Gender Summit 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

‘No voice’ protest during Qatar Airways sponsored festival

Visitors to a Bollywood film festival in Madrid over the weekend were met by a truck featuring a masked and gagged cabin crew member. The truck was driving around the perimeter of the Qatar Airways (QR) sponsored International Indian Film Academy Awards as part of a protest against the company. The action was the latest […]


June 28, 2016

First victory for staff rights at Qatar Airways

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is celebrating the first victory for staff rights at Qatar Airways (QR) after the airline admitted that it has removed its contractual pregnancy and marriage prohibitions. These demanded that anyone becoming pregnant had to notify management, at which point she would be likely to lose her job, and forbade […]


August 28, 2015

Forced to stay single and facing the sack if they get pregnant, the staggeringly sexist rules for female cabin crew on Gulf airlines (dailymail.co.uk)

Cabin staff working for two major Gulf airlines face losing their jobs for falling pregnant and are even required to get permission before they marry, outraged campaigners claim. According to the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) carriers based in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are guilty of ‘flagrant abuses of aviation workers’ labour rights’. […]


February 16, 2015

One of the world’s largest airlines makes its flight attendants ask permission before getting married (washingtonpost.com)

Over the last 20 years, Qatar Airways has undergone a remarkable transformation. Backed by tiny Qatar’s government riches, the airline has added routes to every populated continent, soaring from the 90th-largest international carrier to the 10th. Its prices on flights to D.C., New York, Miami and Dallas are cheap enough to pose a major challenge […]


ITF and ITUC present Qatar Airways case to ILO

Global union organisations the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) today submitted a case against the state of Qatar to the ILO (International Labour Organization) in Geneva. The case – delivered this morning to the United Nations organisation – accuses Qatar of allowing its state-owned airline, Qatar Airways, to […]


June 5, 2014

The mistreatment of Qatar Airways Flight Attendants (Radiolabour)

Flight attendants working for Qatar Airways are subject to overly strict rules by a draconian employer. A RadioLabour report with Gabriel Mocho Rodríguez, the Civil Aviation and Tourism Services Secretary for the International Transport Workers Federation – the ITF. To listen to the interview, go here >>


March 10, 2014

Failure to launch: Qatar Airways discriminates against female employees (albawaba.com)

After months of scathing reports from labor rights officials, Qatar Airways on Friday said controversy over its female cabin crew policy was “not true.” The airline was blastedlast September for forcing its female workers to seek permission from the company when they decide to get married. In a reportreleased then by the International Transport Workers’ […]