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RIGHTS

Fighting for transport workers’ rights.

Workers around the world are facing attacks on their right to join and be active in their trade unions or raise their voice and act against the ongoing erosion of employment standards, including callous attempts to repress workers’ right to strike. The result is an increase in precarious work, poverty, inequality and unchecked corporate greed which have driven down wages and working conditions.

OUR POSITION

Workplaces are the front line in the fight for rights and democracy. Attacks on workers’ fundamental rights, together with the growing threats of deregulation, casualisation and other new forms of employment, are putting workers’ lives and livelihoods at risk. The ITF is confronting these challenges to the most fundamental rights of workers and ensuring that corporate greed cannot turn back the clock on our hard won protections.

KEY ISSUES

  • RIGHTS AT WORK

  • SECURING DECENT WAGES AND SOCIAL PROTECTIONS

  • DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO STRIKE

 

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HOW DO WE PROTECT WORKERS' MOST FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS?
DEFENDING ATTACKS ON WORKERS’ RIGHTS

Collective bargaining, the right to join a union and the right to strike are being eroded in too many countries. We will face down any attacks on trade unionists and continue to defend the rights of all transport workers.

83% of people want their government to protect transport workers’ employment rights.
SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHT TO STRIKE

The right to strike is a tool of last resort when employers refuse to negotiate or fail to uphold workers rights’ and conditions. The right to strike is enshrined in international labour law. Workers must have the right to withdraw their labour.

2 in every 3 people support laws that protect transport workers' right to strike.
SECURING DECENT WAGES AND SOCIAL PROTECTIONS

Despite unprecedented corporate profits over the last decades, wages have stagnated globally and have not kept pace with the rising cost of living. We continue to fight to secure decent wages and social protections that allow transport workers to support their families and live in dignity.

85% of people support laws that establish a decent minimum wage for transport workers.

On the ground
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澳大利亚战略船队将突显航运的重要性

国际运输工人联盟(ITF)欢迎澳大利亚阿尔巴尼斯政府公布的包括为澳大利亚战略船队提供资金的第三次预算。 澳大利亚战略船队是工党在 2022 年澳大利亚联邦竞选期间的一项关键承诺,这一承诺强调了航运和货运对于澳大利亚这样的岛国经济体的重要性。 从 2024-25 年起,政府将在五年内投资 2,170 万澳元,支持组建一支战略船队。船队将在试点计划的基础上组建,先拥有三艘船只,供政府在需要时征用。
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ITF 将圣马力诺添加到方便旗名单

最近在圣地亚哥举行的ITF公平实践委员会会议上,国际运输工人联盟(ITF)扩大了方便旗(FOC)注册名单,将内陆国家圣马力诺纳入这一名单。圣马力诺船舶登记处于2021年7月29日正式向国际船东开放,目前拥有14艘船舶,其中11艘被指定为商船。这些商船在圣马力诺没有任何实益或注册的所有权。 ITF将方便旗船定义为悬挂其实际所有权以外国家船旗的船舶