The ITF is welcoming the announcement made at the ILO (International Labour Organization) International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva on Friday that could lead to the creation of new international standards to protect those working in global supply chains, ITF said in its press release.
Speaking from the site, ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) general secretary Steve Cotton explained: “The ILC has recommended – and empowered – this vital UN body, the ILO, to act to protect countless workers worldwide. Currently many of them are defenceless, victimised and exploited, as the shocking recent investigations into slavery in the fisheries sector have shown. For others conditions and job security range from good to near zero. This breakthrough move could lead to protections as positive and inclusive as the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention 2006.”