Tourism
Tourism is a major driver of the global economy. Prior to the pandemic it accounted for approximately 10% of global GDP and 25% of all new jobs. As the largest subsector – accounting for 40% of the industry’s footprint – transport has a significant role to play in shaping a sustainable tourism future.
As the tourism industry recovers from the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, sustainability, health and safety, transition to formal jobs and digitisation are at the forefront of issues for transport workers.
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80% of workers in the tourism industry are employed by micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs). Jobs are characterised by a high level of precarity, lack of access to collective bargaining, inadequate health and safety protection, informal employment arrangements and exploitative working conditions.
Despite the high density of MSMEs in the sector, the tourism industry is driven by large multinational corporations that drive the industry. While not directly employed by them, tourism workers’ terms and conditions are influenced by the decision making of these corporations. Ensuring accountability at the top will raise standards for tourism workers everywhere.
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Our work in the tourism sector is focussed on increasing access to union representation and raising employment standards for transport workers in the tourism industry. We do this by:
- Building affiliate capacity to organise, represent and collectively bargain
- Leveraging industrial relationships and partnerships in transport
- Establishing human rights due diligence models
- Working with other global union federations
The ITF’s work in the tourism industry focuses on supporting a sustainable, safe and resilient recovery of the industry by:
- Increasing workers’ voices in the transformation to a sustainable tourism industry
- Increasing workers’ access to trade unions and collective bargaining
- Ensuring corporate accountability for workers’ in their entire value chain, rather than just their directly employed workers
- Eradicating human trafficking
- Protecting worker health and safety
ပါလက်စတိုင်းတွင် အရပ်သားများအပေါ် အကြမ်းဖက်မှု ရပ်ဆိုင်းပါ
ဖိနှိပ်မှုကို အဆုံးသတ်ရန်နှင့် အလုပ်သမားများ၏ အရပ်သား လွတ်လပ်မှုများကို လေးစားရန် အချိန်တန်ပြီဖြစ်သည်
သမိုင်းဝင် Biden-Harris အောင်မြင်မှုသည် အလုပ်သမားများ၏ အင်အားကို သက်သေခံချက် တစ်ရပ်ဖြစ်- ITF
We bring together union leaders from across the industry to represent the interests of all transport workers.
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SECTION SECRETARY Gabriel Mocho Rodriguez | |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY Rhea Chatterjee | ------------ |
David Massiah
Maria del Carmen Donate
Asuka Shimizu
Praveena Singh
Vacant
Faissal Ait Ali Oumansour
Destilia Henry
Daniel Urai
Leviticus Mwanza
Alina Milusheva
Santiago Zamora
Thomas Orechowski
Samia Hashi
The ITF’s tourism section brings together trade unions that represent transport workers who work primarily in the tourism industry.