Transport Workers on the Front Line

Worker stories

Transport workers keep everyone safe in dangerous weather, and it is unions leading the way on protecting workers and passengers, winning protections like early warning systems.

For Andrés and Lourdes, aviation workers in Argentina, the dangers of increases in extreme weather due to climate change are a daily reality. They tell us about how workers and unions are adapting and driving a just transition.

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news 29 Apr 2025

Korean delivery riders and truck drivers push for national and international rights

Korean truck drivers and food delivery riders held a demonstration in Seoul today, calling for fair pay standards and an International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention to protect rights for platform workers.

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Resources 29 Apr 2025

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.

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How transport unions are tackling modern slavery head-on

In a world marked by war, climate disaster, inequality and mass displacement, modern slavery and human trafficking are surging. And too often, it’s transport workers — especially migrants — who are

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