On 10 June the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (ATGWU) in Uganda, which is the project mentor union for East Africa, succeeded in completing its elections to elect officials to represent some 30,000 members in informal workers’ associations. These… Continue Reading →
Download Mid-Project Meeting Report You can download the Mid-Project Meeting Report by clicking the link above. We hope to make Spanish and French versions of the report available in the near future. The Mid-Project Meeting was held in Kathmandu, Nepal,… Continue Reading →
During the project’s mid-term meeting in Kathmandu, some of the meeting participants took part in video interviews. In these interviews, representatives from mentor unions talked about their unions, and reflected on their experience of organising informal workers in their… Continue Reading →
The Latin America Regional Women’s Workshop and Regional Leadership Seminar were held in Bogota, Colombia from 27th October to 1st November 2014. The two completed meeting reports are now available to download, following a lengthy and productive dialogue between… Continue Reading →
The ITF has established a special fund for donations to trade unions in Nepal following the earthquake in April that claimed the lives of thousands of people there. The Federation’s four member unions in Nepal have been intensely involved in the… Continue Reading →
The ITF Informal Transport Workers’ Project successfully held its mid-term meeting from 25-27 February in Kathmandu, Nepal. The meeting brought together representatives from the project’s mentor unions in Nepal, Colombia, Uganda, Niger, and the Philippines to share their experiences… Continue Reading →
San Diego Free Press .org / November 17, 2014 / Jim Miller Last Monday’s victory for the United Taxi Workers of San Diego provided a much-needed boost for local labor. After a year that has included some tough losses… Continue Reading →
Several project participants talked about their project work at the 2014 ITF Congress held in Sofia in August. Souley Zeinabou Habou Barba from the SYNATRA union in Niger has kindly shared the statement which she made at Congress with the… Continue Reading →
Plusieurs participants au projet ont parlé de leur travail à 2014 Congrès de l’ITF qui a eu lieu à Sofia en Août. Souley Zeinabou Habou Barba du syndicat SYNATRA (Niger) a gentiment partagé la déclaration qu’elle a fait au Congrès avec le… Continue Reading →
Labornotes.org / October 30, 2014 / Minsun Ji This month 800 immigrant taxi drivers in Denver—from 24 different countries in Africa—joined the Communications Workers (CWA) Local 7777. They hope to break out of poverty and challenge the workplace abuse… Continue Reading →
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