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Symposium on the Social and Labour Consequences
of Technological
Developments, Deregulation and Privatization of Transport
Geneva, 20-24 September 1999
Background
This symposium was one of a regular series of tripartite sectoral
meetings - comprising representatives of governments, employers and workers -
held under the auspices of the International Labour Organization to discuss current
employment and labour issues of importance to the industry concerned and to provide
guidance for action, at national and international levels, by employers’ and workers’
organizations, governments and the ILO itself.
Participation
The participants represented governments, employers and workers
from the world of transport, including civil aviation, railways and road transport.
In addition, the International Organization of Employers, the relevant international
trade union confederations as well as a number of other intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations (IGOs and NGOs) concerned with this sector were
present.
The official delegates comprised worker, employer and government
representatives. Governments of the following countries participated: Argentina,
Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burundi, Egypt, France, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya,
Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Zimbabwe.
Employer and worker participants in the symposium were selected
based on nominations of the employers’and workers’ groups of the ILO Governing
Body; they did not necessarily come from the same countries as the governments.
Purpose of the Meeting
The purpose of the symposium was to exchange views on selected
labour issues in this rapidly changing sector where deregulation and increasing
privatization are altering the structure of the transport sector. The discussions
were centered around main topics such as: (i) transport in the 21st century, (ii)
deregulation or re-regulation, (iii) social and labour consequences of privatization
of state-owned enterprises, (iv) labour-management relations in a changing industry;
(v) working conditions and the working environment; (vi) violence in transport
and the prevention of substance abuse in transport. The symposium unanimously
adopted conclusions that provide guidance for the ILO’s future work in the various
sectors considered.
Background Document and Discussion Papers for the Meeting
 As
a basis for the discussions the International Labour Office (as the secretariat
of the International Labour Organization is called) prepared a Background
document highlighting some of the most sailient recent developments in
the transport sector. The paper is available in English, French and Spanish.
In addition, four discussion documents were prepared on issues related to the
meeting's themes, Labour relations in a changing industry,
The impact of the privatization of public sector enterprises
on labour relations and conditions of work and employment in the air and land
(rail) transport sector, Transport services in
the twenty-first century: Seamless market or choiceless churning?, and
Regulation, deregulation or re-regulation of transport?
These papers are also available in French and Spanish.
Report of the Symposium
The Final report (pdf, 274k) of the Symposium is now
available in English, French
and Spanish.
Contact address for more information
Sectoral Activities Department,
International Labour Office,
4, route des Morillons,
CH-1211 GENEVE 22 -- Switzerland
Tel. +41.22.799.6503, Fax +41.22.799.7046,
e-mail: sector@ilo.org |
