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Unions launch push to spike Tisa trade pact
Closed-doors deal is a ‘threat to workers’ rights’
GLOBAL transport unions launched a new campaign against the shadowy Trade in Services Agreement (Tisa) yesterday.
The International Transport Federation (ITF) launched its campaign against the free-trade pact, which unions and other campaigners say will undermine democracy, workers’ rights and public ownership.
The federation presented a report it commissioned from the German social-democratic Friedrich Ebert Foundation on the agreement’s effect on transport workers.
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