{"id":94418,"date":"2021-06-03T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-itf-calls-for-regional-cooperation-to-save-jobs-tackle-rising-poverty-and-to-lead-economic-recovery-in-the-caribbean\/"},"modified":"2021-06-03T09:10:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T13:10:01","slug":"la-itf-exhorta-a-la-cooperacion-regional-para-salvar-puestos-de-trabajo-hacer-frente-al-aumento-de-la-pobreza-y-dirigir-la-recuperacion-economica-en-el-caribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-itf-exhorta-a-la-cooperacion-regional-para-salvar-puestos-de-trabajo-hacer-frente-al-aumento-de-la-pobreza-y-dirigir-la-recuperacion-economica-en-el-caribe\/","title":{"rendered":"ITF calls for regional cooperation to save jobs, tackle rising poverty and to lead economic recovery in the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">RIO DE JANEIRO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 2, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212; The economic impact of COVID-19 is having a devastating effect\u00a0on the global tourism industry, especially in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> which could see an escalation of poverty for workers. Unions affiliated to the International Transport Workers&#8217; Federation (ITF) from across the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> held a virtual summit today to raise awareness of the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on jobs and communities in the region. <\/p>\n<p><b>The ITF and its 18 affiliated unions are calling on governments and employers to cooperate with trade unions to develop and implement a regional recovery plan that: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Prioritises employment security<\/b> <\/li>\n<li><b>Guarantees free, universal access to vaccines<\/b> <\/li>\n<li><b>Re-establishes safe travel corridors<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Globally the tourism industry accounts for over 300 million jobs. Travel restrictions have had a devastating effect on economies reliant on tourists. Many countries in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> rely heavily on tourism as an essential pillar of their economies and major contributor to GDP, in turn generating much needed employment in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism generates over <span class=\"xn-money\">$59 billion<\/span> per year for the region. An estimated <span class=\"xn-money\">$26.4 billion<\/span> has been lost due to the ongoing impact of the pandemic. Estimates also suggest that over 1.2 million jobs have been lost. <\/p>\n<p>Not only have the job losses hit hard, but also the spending power of workers has been significantly reduced leading to the risk of widespread poverty and a stagnation of economic growth. Long-term development and recovery plans in the region are critical.<\/p>\n<p>ITF General Secretary, <span class=\"xn-person\">Stephen Cotton<\/span> said that: &#8220;The <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> is too important to ignore, and we have a duty to protect the infrastructure and livelihoods of those workers who make visiting so appealing to millions of tourists each year. We need a tripartite plan from governments, employers and unions for recovery. Listening to the concerns of our leaders today, it&#8217;s clear that we need action now. Investment in developing regional transport infrastructure is a good place to start&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>ITF Tourism Chair, <span class=\"xn-person\">David Messiah<\/span> added: &#8220;My concern is that women and young workers are bearing a disproportionate number of job losses. These are the very groups of workers so critical to eradicating poverty in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> and needed in the industry&#8217;s recovery. Our regional partners must work with us to re-establish safe travel corridors and assist in access to vaccines. We need a coordinated approach across the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> and should not rely on individual nation states as this only adds to the confusion. We must develop a unified approach that pools our resources together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ITF Regional Secretary, <span class=\"xn-person\">Edgar Diaz<\/span> said &#8220;It is vitally important that workers do not feel forced to have the vaccination, education and engagement is key if we are to encourage participation. That&#8217;s why establishing a tripartite approach is fundamental to success and not fear and intimidation of individual workers.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><i>Trade union Leaders from <span class=\"xn-location\">Antigua and Barbuda<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Barbados<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Bermuda<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Dominican Republic<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Guyana<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Grenada<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Jamaica<\/span>, Suriname, <span class=\"xn-location\">St Lucia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Trinidad<\/span> took part in the summit.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  International Transport Workers\u2019 Federation (ITF)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">RIO DE JANEIRO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 2, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212; The economic impact of COVID-19 is having a devastating effect\u00a0on the global tourism industry, especially in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> which could see an escalation of poverty for workers. Unions affiliated to the International Transport Workers&#8217; Federation (ITF) from across the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> held a virtual summit today to raise awareness of the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on jobs and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}