Covid-19: impact on informal transport workers - a podcast by The ITF

Guest: Dan Mihadi

Host: Alana Dave

Song Credit: Around the corner by James Nick Solder / The Corner 

In this special show about the Covid-19 response, ITF urban transport director Alana Dave talks to Dan Mihadi. Dan Mihadi is the general secretary of the Transport and Allied Workers' Union (TAWU), Kenya, and he explains how daily life has changed in Nairobi and the challenges face by informal and formal public transport workers in his union. 

For more information about the ITF's response to the Covid-19 crisis, visit here: https://www.itfglobal.org/covid-19

As part of the ITF’s Our Public Transport programme (http://ourpublictransport.org), a statement and set of demands has been published in response to Covid-19 which is here: https://www.itfglobal.org/en/news/covid-19-urban-transport-workers-key-response-and-long-term-recovery

Also, there is a joint statement with employers: https://www.itfglobal.org/en/news/covid-19-pandemic-continuity-passenger-transport-services-crucial 

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