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The Shwe Tun Aung Story

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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 destroyed, and how global union solidarity helped rebuild it.

 

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Platform workers - It's Time For Rights

The ITF, alongside our affiliates and trade unions internationally, is leading the charge for a binding ILO Convention and Recommendation on platform work. This Convention must set enforceable

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We are transport, and these are our stories: our hardships and triumphs, our frustrations and elations, our tribulations and breakthroughs, our fears and aspirations. Both moments of the extraordinary, and experiences of our everyday.