The uni­ons, from every region of the world, are in the front­line of the ITF’s work to ensure a just trans­ition for work­ers by shap­ing new ways of work­ing, such as auto­ma­tion and plat­form work­ing.

Rob John­ston, ITF assist­ant gen­er­al sec­ret­ary, said: “Revolu­tion­ary changes such as auto­ma­tion are a chal­lenge to all work­ers around the world. Our uni­ons are not a bar­ri­er to change, but they will not leave such a major trans­form­a­tion in the hands of cor­por­a­tions and gov­ern­ments. We will make sure there is a just trans­ition that has at its centre the interests of work­ers, and con­siders the social costs. To achieve this we must all work togeth­er, and this work­ing group is an example of this.”

The meet­ing is being hos­ted by the Nor­d­ic Trans­port Work­ers Fed­er­a­tion (NTF), whose gen­er­al sec­ret­ary, Peter Lövk­v­ist, said: “In this region we have already been facing up to the chal­lenges of new ways of work­ing, such as plat­form work­ing. We want to share with the ITF fam­ily the suc­cess we’ve had get­ting a fair deal for work­ers, and we want to learn from the exper­i­ences of trans­port uni­ons around the world. By learn­ing from each oth­er we can ensure that good jobs are at the centre of the future of work.”

You can fol­low reports, pic­tures, inter­views and video from the event by search­ing for #WeAreITF on social media.

More inform­a­tion
For more inform­a­tion con­tact Andy Khan-Gor­don, ITF cam­paigns com­mu­nic­at­or
Tel: +44 (0)20 7940 9282 / +44 (0)77 1135 6964. Email: khan-gordon_andy@itf.org.uk