future of work

Today, the International Labour Conference (ILC) adopted the Convention concerning Decent Work in the Platform Economy – the first binding international labour standard for the platform economy. For

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Brazil’s leading transport trade union confederations – ITF-affiliated Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Transportes Aquaviário e

Dockers come together in Marrakech to renew struggle for rights, safety, labour standards. The six demands being debated at the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Congress are the core

ITF and Uber launch safety charter for couriers, as social dialogue continues under new agreement. Joint safety charter will commit Uber to expand health and safety processes for millions of couriers

The Transport Workers’ Union of America (TWU) recently secured a first-of-its kind contract with the Central Ohio Transit Authority, giving the union veto power over the deployment of autonomous vehicles. 

The full automation of port terminals does not bring improvements neither in the productivity of the concessionary companies nor in the ports that host them. This is the main conclusion drawn from an

Gig-economy workers are treated abysmally as app-based employers use underhanded definitions and loopholes in the law to duck their responsibilities. The platform economy is a challenge to the working

“The ITF and its affiliates have been shaken by the tragic news of five food delivery riders dying on the roads of Sydney, Australia, in the past few weeks. We offer our deepest condolences to the

Covid-19 is exacerbating longstanding issues for women working in the transport industry and a gendered analysis of the pandemic’s impact on the public transport sector is needed, sector