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Dockers' Future of Work Campaign Toolkit

The introduction of new technology and automation by global stevedoring operators and by publicly owned ports is a threat to all dockworkers. This is true whether older ports are partially automated or new ports are developed with high levels of automation. The ITF Dockers’ Section affiliates around
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Sanitation rights: Mabu’s story

My supervisor said you need to carry a plastic container and then use paper. I thought it was a joke until I found no toilets inside the train. Mabu Molele, from Johannesburg, has worked in the transport industry for almost two decades, and has been a member of the South African Transport and Allied
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DEMANDING DECENT JOBS AT RYANAIR

“I don’t want to change my job, but we must change the company,” one cabin crew says of work at Ryanair. People are under huge pressure to sell add-ons to passengers and face legal threats if they complain. So, they organised with unions across Europe being brought together by the ITF and the
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THE WOMAN AIRPORT WORKER TOLD TO “LEARN TO PEE STANDING UP"

Solange thought she'd got her dream job driving vehicles at the airport. Sadly, this wasn't the case. She was the only woman and the men tried to “protect” her by keeping her away from her work. There was no woman’s toilet and when she used the men’s, colleagues burst in. She thought her manager
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THAI AIRPORT WORKERS STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS

Outsourcing security at Bangkok Airport was a disaster for workers like Chob Siriwat. New schedules allowed no time for toilet breaks or lunch, and security staff were faced with being fired if they left their posts, or becoming ill if they tried to last. This video tells the story of workers
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VIOLENCE AT HOME, HELP AT WORK: WOMEN SPEAK OUT

“Why don’t you just leave him?” is a common response to women struggling with an abusive partner. But it’s not as easy as that. Cultural oppression and financial dependence can often stop Indian women from escaping their tormentors, as a number of brave survivors explain in this film. Often, the
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WORKERS’ COUNCIL RESTORES DIGNITY AT CANADIAN AIRPORT

“Dignity dies during a contract flip,” says Yavar Khan Qadri, a security contractor at Toronto Pearson Airport, “because it keeps workers on minimum wage.” That affects everyone’s safety at the airport. “We’ve had baggage carts crashing into each other. We’ve had people hitting planes with catering
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"HIGHWAY OF TEARS” - THE FUTURE OF CANADIAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT?

Canada was built on the railways. But railway worker Jennifer Murray is worried sick that government plans to privatise profitable parts of the rail network will rob many remote areas of decent public transport. In British Columbia there’s a road called the ‘highway of tears’ because there’s no
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