These protocols should be viewed as minimum steps that employers should implement to protect dockers and all workers within the ports. A Covid-19 committee should be set up with union representation to continually review the introduction of preventive measures for the workforce and monitor all
On International Workers Memorial Day 2020 , the Council of Global Unions (CGU) calls upon governments and occupational health and safety bodies around the world to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
ITF Management Committee statement on protecting workers during and after the Covid-19 pandemic The battle against Covid-19 will not be won without transport workers, they are the lifeblood of the global economy and vital to successfully responding to the challenge of Covid-19. It is the train
On the occasion of International Workers Memorial Day 2020 [1], the global trade union movement calls upon governments and occupational health and safety bodies around the world to recognise SARS-CoV-2 as an occupational hazard, and COVID-19 as an occupational disease. With a third of the population
The International Chamber of Shipping and its global network of national member associations and the International Transport Workers’ Federation and its 215 seafarers’ unions are calling on seafarers across the world to sound their ships’ horns when in port at 12.00 local time on International
The ITF's latest special podcast about the Covid-19 pandemic has heard about the key role being played by public transport workers. In the show, Mohamed Mezghani, secretary general of the UITP (the international organisation for public transport authorities and operators), says: "Public transport