Steve Cotton

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

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17 November 2017

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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