News / Global supply chains 'close to collapse' – transport workers must move freely

A coalition of transport associations has warned world leaders that supply chains face “collapse” if they can’t end a crisis that has left hundreds of thousands of workers stranded by Covid.

In an open letter to the United Nations, the IRU, International Air Transport Association (IATA), International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) made an urgent plea for a reinstatement of freedom of movement for transport workers.

The IRU said: “Global supply chains are beginning to buckle as two ...