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Egyptian fisher nets €20,000 award after being underpaid, overworked - but deficiencies in Irish law persist for migrant workers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), which has been running a campaign to improve migrant fishers’ working lives in Ireland for a decade has expressed a mixed reaction to a decision by the Workplace Relations Commission’s (WRC) to award over €20,000 to a migrant fisher, because
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The ABCs of NDCs
Transforming transport is vital to tackling climate change. All countries need to make an ambitious, just transition in transport central to their climate plans. This means planning for a radical transformation in how people and goods move in countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs.
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On #WorldToiletDay, transport workers demand decent sanitation facilities
The global sanitation crisis affects nearly half of the world's population — and is felt keenly by transport workers who are always on the move. Help us expose the reality by sharing your story here: itfglobal.org/sanitation Whether it is breaks too short to get to and from the nearest toilet or a
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Transport workers demand governments get climate action back on track after COP26
COP26 has made one thing clear: the struggle of trade unions globally for climate justice is more important than ever after the Glasgow climate conference fell short. The key task of COP26 was to deliver a credible plan to limit global temperature increases to 1.5°C. The Glasgow Climate Pact, which
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How Does Climate Change Affect Urban Transport Workers?
As workers in the urban transport systems of our cities, we are on the frontline of the climate emergency. We are directly impacted by the changes in weather patterns, increased flooding, air pollution and lack of action by governments and employers.
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A Just Transition for Urban Transport Workers
10 points for a worker-led, democratic, publicly-led, gender equal and clean transition for transport in our cities. A just transition in urban transport needs to focus on reducing carbon emissions and combatting existing inequalities. Urban transport is not only infrastructure - the buses, the
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ITF unions MTWTU, ver.di launch free dental care service for Ukrainian seafarers
ITF-affiliated seafarers’ unions from Germany and Ukraine have announced a new project to provide free dental services to seafarers. ver.di and the Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine (MTWTU) launched ‘Union Dent’ in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa in late October. The programme will
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C40/ITF Report: Making COP26 Count
How investing in public transport this decade can protect our jobs, our climate, our future. A joint report from the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and the C40 Cities Leadership Group (C40).
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Making COP26 Count: Research Methodology
How investing in public transport this decade can protect our jobs, our climate, our future. Research methodology for the joint report from the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and the C40 Cities Leadership Group (C40).
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