The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Global Poll 2024 shows widespread public backing for health and safety laws which protect transport workers.
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The survey of more than 16,000 people across 15 countries delivered overwhelming support for the ITF’s six demands encompassing its global vision for transport workers.
- Safety for transport workers: 89% of people want health and safety laws which protect transport workers.
- Making transport sustainable: 80% of people want their government to increase investment in sustainable transport.
- Corporate accountability in global supply chains: 79% of people want their government to adopt new rules for multi-national transport companies to end abuse of transport workers in supply chains.
- Giving workers a say in the future of work: 81% want their governments to invest in transport jobs.
- Equality for transport workers: 77% believe transport is important for reducing economic inequality.
- Rights for transport workers: 87% want their government to protect transport workers from violence and harassment.
“Workers are breaking their backs so that companies can turn profits while attacks on rights become commonplace,” said ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton.
“We’ve seen the right to strike under attack in Argentina, the UK and beyond. We’ve seen seafarers under attack in the Red Sea. We’ve seen working people suffer the brutal consequence of war. We’ve seen migrant fishermen trafficked into forced labour off the coast of the UK,” said Paddy Crumlin, President of the ITF.
“Every day, working people are being increasingly targeted for simply fighting for their rights. Real democracy means listening to the public and the message is loud and clear: transport needs global rules that are fair to both workers who move the world and citizens that rely on their services.”
The poll also investigated the impact of artificial intelligence for the first time and found that 67% of those surveyed are worried about AI harvesting personal data, 62% are concerned about human decision-making being supplanted by AI, and 57% are worried about surveillance of their work.
The ITF will be using data from the survey to inform their plans for the next five years in the fight to ensure workers are protected, and in building a safer, fairer and more sustainable future for all.