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Publication 29 Mar 2022

Stopping the Race to the Bottom – ITF Inland Navigation Tug and Towage

How to stop rate and corner cutting in the Tug and Towage Sector. Tug and towage workers are a critical link in global supply chains, providing an essential service within ports, canals and coastal areas. They assist larger vessels in manoeuvring in confined waters and to berth safely. Without tugs

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news 28 Mar 2022

Silent no more: overworked tugboat workers are reaching breaking point

29 March 2022, London / Brussels Last year, Troy Pearson and Charley Cragg died while towing a barge bound for a Rio Tinto power station in rough seas and strong, icy winds. They were pressured to work despite the unsafe conditions. Today the ITF is launching a short film, Tug Workers Sound the

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news 25 Mar 2022

Argentine airport agreement sets a new model for worker and passenger health

In a first for Latin America, an accord to improve health and safety has been agreed between the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Argentina’s biggest airport operator. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the ITF and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 was signed today in Buenos

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Publication 24 Mar 2022

Changing Delivery Business Models in a Post-Pandemic World

The COVID-19 pandemic has had contrasting impacts on different segments of road freight. On the one hand, the pandemic has disrupted long-haul road freight, especially industrial freight, as international supply chains have choked up or broken down, borders have closed, and entire populations have

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news 21 Mar 2022

P&O Ferries sackings show a shocking disregard by DP World for workers’ rights and its own standards

DP World sells itself as a progressive business concerned with social and corporate responsibility that supports labour rights and works ‘in a responsible way that prioritises sustainability and impact on the people, communities and environment in which we operate’. The company now has serious

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news 17 Mar 2022

ITF and ETF condemn P&O mass sacking and outsourcing

Global and European maritime unions have expressed anger and condemnation at breaking news that ferry operator P&O Ferries will move to sack its UK based seafaring workforce and outsource their jobs to non-union, agency workers. Affiliates of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and

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news 16 Mar 2022

The worker’s voice ensures a more practical approach in tackling climate change — new report

Employers and governments are putting too much emphasis on technology to tackle climate change and not enough on workers , new research from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has concluded. Workers themselves are best placed to make practical the necessary changes in transport

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Publication 16 Mar 2022

A Just Transition for Urban Transport Workers

Issues and Experiences from Unions in Cities of the Global South. A just transition in urban transport focuses on the need to make changes that reduce carbon emissions but at the same time combat existing inequalities. To meet the challenges of climate change justly, we must take into account the

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news 16 Mar 2022

ILO and ICAO agreement flags importance of labour standards in global aviation industry recovery

A new agreement signed today by the global bodies representing the global civil aviation industry and labour recognises the importance of decent labour standards for aviation workers in the safety, resilience and recovery of the global aviation industry. The memorandum of understanding signed today

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Publication 15 Mar 2022

ITF Statement to AP Moller-Maersk Annual General Meeting 2022

This statement was read out by a representative of the International Transport Workers’ Federation to shareholders present at the meeting in Copenhagen on Tuesday 15 March 2022.

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Stopping the Race to the Bottom – ITF Inland Navigation Tug and Towage

Silent no more: overworked tugboat workers are reaching breaking point

Argentine airport agreement sets a new model for worker and passenger health

Changing Delivery Business Models in a Post-Pandemic World

P&O Ferries sackings show a shocking disregard by DP World for workers’ rights and its own standards

ITF and ETF condemn P&O mass sacking and outsourcing

The worker’s voice ensures a more practical approach in tackling climate change — new report

A Just Transition for Urban Transport Workers

ILO and ICAO agreement flags importance of labour standards in global aviation industry recovery

ITF Statement to AP Moller-Maersk Annual General Meeting 2022

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