Qatar signs new agreement with ITF on transport worker rights
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DOHA, Qatar, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ministry of Labour of Qatar today signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and, with worker-management committees, it takes another leap forward in rights for transport workers.
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- DOHA, Qatar, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ministry of Labour of Qatar today signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and, with worker-management committees, it takes another leap forward in rights for transport workers.
- The MoU between Qatar and the ITF builds on a previous agreement as part of an International Labour Organisation (ILO) technical project.
- "As worker rights and implementation improve, Qatar is already seeing the economic and social benefits of having a healthy, productive workforce," said ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton who is in Qatar to sign the agreement.
- The MoU covers all transport sectors and already the ITF is helping with the technical aspects of worker rights.