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.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) joins workers around the world to celebrate May Day – a day of solidarity, struggle, and commitment to building a better world for all. As the challenges facing workers intensify – from the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and attacks on trade union rights to the climate emergency and the erosion […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
