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Publication 22 Aug 2023

In Practice ITF Human Rights Due Diligence

This guide shows how companies can respect the human rights of seafarers shipping cargo by cooperating with the ITF on human rights due diligence.

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Impact stories

The Shwe Tun Aung Story

The story of an ordinary Burmese seafarer facing oppression at sea - Burmese Cowboy is the tale of Shwe Tun Aung and his journey around the world, opposing corrupt ship owners and a dangerous government, while risking his own life for what was fair. He tells his amazing story of how his life was

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news 16 Aug 2023

First all-electric tug strongly makes the case for worker and first nations’ involvement in climate action

Canada's first all-electric tug, which will soon begin operation in Canada, is an example of what can be achieved on both climate and first nation’s justice when workers, first nations people and companies come together. Peter Lahay, Coordinator of the ITF’s Inspectorate in Canada, told ITF about

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Publication 15 Aug 2023

Safe Rates Flyers and posters

Let’s fight together for safe and fair standards, safe roads, and a sustainable road transport industry.

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Publication 12 Aug 2023

Young Workers in Transport: Decent Work, Just Transition and Union Rights

This report examines the main challenges faced by young workers in the global transport sector and the ways in which these challenges could be mitigated. It covers the challenges related to issues such as informal employment status, migration background, lack of access to decent work, the impacts of

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news 10 Aug 2023

ITF: Left-wing swing in Latin America and the Caribbean presents opportunity to strengthen workers' rights and transform transport

10 August 2023, Cancun, Mexico – Unions attending the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s (ITF) Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Conference in Cancun, Mexico, committed to take advantage of the region’s left-wing political swing to pursue a progressive workers’ agenda and approach

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Worker stories

Sanitation rights: Mabu’s story

My supervisor said you need to carry a plastic container and then use paper. I thought it was a joke until I found no toilets inside the train. Mabu Molele, from Johannesburg, has worked in the transport industry for almost two decades, and has been a member of the South African Transport and Allied

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DEMANDING DECENT JOBS AT RYANAIR

“I don’t want to change my job, but we must change the company,” one cabin crew says of work at Ryanair. People are under huge pressure to sell add-ons to passengers and face legal threats if they complain. So, they organised with unions across Europe being brought together by the ITF and the

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Worker stories

THE WOMAN AIRPORT WORKER TOLD TO “LEARN TO PEE STANDING UP"

Solange thought she'd got her dream job driving vehicles at the airport. Sadly, this wasn't the case. She was the only woman and the men tried to “protect” her by keeping her away from her work. There was no woman’s toilet and when she used the men’s, colleagues burst in. She thought her manager

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THAI AIRPORT WORKERS STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS

Outsourcing security at Bangkok Airport was a disaster for workers like Chob Siriwat. New schedules allowed no time for toilet breaks or lunch, and security staff were faced with being fired if they left their posts, or becoming ill if they tried to last. This video tells the story of workers

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In Practice ITF Human Rights Due Diligence

The Shwe Tun Aung Story

First all-electric tug strongly makes the case for worker and first nations’ involvement in climate action

Safe Rates Flyers and posters

Young Workers in Transport: Decent Work, Just Transition and Union Rights

ITF: Left-wing swing in Latin America and the Caribbean presents opportunity to strengthen workers' rights and transform transport

Sanitation rights: Mabu’s story

DEMANDING DECENT JOBS AT RYANAIR

THE WOMAN AIRPORT WORKER TOLD TO “LEARN TO PEE STANDING UP"

THAI AIRPORT WORKERS STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS

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