Steve Cotton

Steve Cotton is the general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).

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19 November 2020

Labour

Access to sanitation for transport workers is as much about curbing Covid-19 as it is about dignity

Steve Cotton: “Is it right that we thank our vital workers by denying them vital services?”Read the full article

17 November 2017

Labour

London’s landmark Uber ruling proves the charade of misclassifying workers must stop

Steve Cotton: The ITF is not against new transport technologies, but we are against a return in the 21st century to the employment conditions of the 19th [...]Read the full article

6 July 2016

Labour

Airport workers unite for change

Steve Cotton: Airports United issues a clear wake-up call to the aviation industryRead the full article

Let's stop the downgrading of workers and jobs in supply chains

7 June 2016

Labour

Let’s stop the downgrading of workers and jobs in supply chains

Steve Cotton: In the fisheries supply chain, fish have better protections than those harvesting themRead the full article

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