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