Issue 4/March 2001

Table of Contents

The price of safety
Why rail unions are uniting for a worldwide day of action to demand "Safety First - Not Profit"                         

Courting outsiders
How should unions respond to the growing numbers of informal and self-employed transport workers?                         

Women transporting the world
Women's basic rights campaign reaches its first milestone

Talking point
Marc Juhel of the World Bank and Kees Marges of the ITF debate the issue of port privatisation

Inside story
Members of the ITF-backed International Commission on Shipping speak out

Interview
ITF President Umraomal Purohit

A day in the working life
Mexican Airlines cabin crew member