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Global unions ramp up pressure on governments and corporations to isolate Myanmar military junta
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Deliveroo IPO Who Profits?
Will Shu, Amazon and Deliveroo's early investors stand to make billions from Deliveroo's IPO. Despite making Deliveroo's business possible, riders will hardly benefit from the billions expected in the IPO.
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The success of Dakar’s BRT system depends on the inclusion of informal workers
Professor Papa Sakho, Laboratory of Human Geography, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar When Covid-19 restrictions were introduced last year, public transport systems came to a near standstill overnight. Across Africa, lockdowns and social distancing measures to contain the virus have resulted in an
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Include informal workers in development of Dakar BRT system or up to 10,000 jobs could be at risk, ITF report urges
Up to 10,000 jobs in Dakar’s informal sector could be at risk unless more is done to include informal workers in the city’s upcoming Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system project, warns a report commissioned by the International Transport Workers’ Federation. Dakar Bus Rapid Transit Labour Impact
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Wage theft, forgery and crew abuse on the MV Onda - Amin Shipping at it again
Luis Alberto Veloso is one of four abandoned seafarers on board the Togo-flagged MV Onda who has gone one year without pay. The ship and its crew are abandoned in the port of Douala, Cameroon by Amin Shipping, a company with a history of not paying crew. “I have been working on this ship since 4
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Deliveroo must act after another rider killed on the job - ITF and ETF
Romulo Sta Ana, a Filipino father of two, is the latest food delivery rider to be killed on the job. He was killed while collecting an order in Montecatini, Italy on Saturday evening. Romulo only recently started working with Deliveroo after his work in the hotel industry dried up because of Covid
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Dakar Bus Rapid Transit: Labour Impact Assessment Research Report 2020
The report was carried out by the Laboratory of Human Geography (LABOGEHU) at Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal and the Global Labour Institute (GLI) in Manchester, UK. It highlights the difficult working conditions and major issues faced by workers, including job insecurity, long hours
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Seafarers on hunger strike, hospitalised in Kuwait to stop families going hungry: the full story
After 11 months without pay for their families, 19 seafarers on board the MV Ula bulk carrier in the port of Shuaiba, Kuwait have gone on a hunger strike. The mixed crew from India, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Bangladesh are demanding immediate repatriation and payment of $410,415.65 they are owed in
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Seafarer killed in horrific piracy attack: governments urged to act, or risk more deaths
Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea killed a seafarer and took another 15 seafarers hostage in an attack on Saturday. “Governments must take immediate action to prevent more seafarers being murdered in the Gulf of Guinea,” said David Heindel, ITF Seafarers’ Section Chair. The Liberia-flagged Mozart was
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Biden commended for reiterating support for Jones Act
United States President Joe Biden’s announcement this week reiterating support for the Jones Act has been applauded by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Cabotage Task Force. As part of an announcement from the White House Monday to strengthen Federal ‘Buy American’ provisions
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