Workers at ITF-affiliated Unite the Union took action on unreasonable workloads and alleged bullying with a 24-hour strike, which started at 00.01 on Friday 22 November in London, UK. RMT members also visited to show their support.
Onay Kasab, Unite regional officer, explained the background to the strike at the picket line: “It’s a very basic issue, it’s about being able to start and finish work at a reasonable time. The UPS workers here are not allowed to finish at their contractual finish time, they are forced to work overtime. If the delivery workers miss deliveries, they are disciplined. The workers loading the lorries are treated no better – the nickname for where they work is the chicken coop. Nobody should be working like this in this day and age – it’s about dignity, respect, having a reasonable workload and finishing work at the time they’re supposed to finish work.”
The picket line disrupted lorries in and out of the Camden depot, UPS parcels’ largest in Europe, for some time this morning.
ITF assistant coordinator – supply chain and logistics, Alen Clifford, who attended the picket, describe the energy on the line as amazing. He praised the efforts of Unite and RMT members to defend basic working rights, and underscored that the workers showed that they won’t accept being bullied or given unmanageable workloads.
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カタールの政府・交通運輸企業との意見交換会
ITF とカタール労働省は、カタール国内および国際的な運輸・物流企業と意見交換会を開催し、同国の交通運輸部門における国内労働法および国際労働基準の適用について議論した。 4 月末にドーハで開催されたこの会議では、経済、気候、衛生をめぐる不確実性の高まりを受け、交通運輸産業のレジリエンス（回復力）とサステナビリティ（持続可能性）を確保するために
