After recent landslides and flooding in Nepal, hundreds of people are reported dead and many more missing. Rural communities have been devastated and roads cut off throughout the country. In the village of Jure, Sindhupalchuk district, about 120km east of… Continue Reading →
The Informal Transport Workers Project had a high profile at last week’s ITF 43rd Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria. Most of the project’s… Continue Reading →
A joint campaign seminar on multinational companies and informal workers was organised for ITF affiliated unions in Mozambique and Angola in Luanda, 28-31 July 2014. The seminar session on the informal economy was designed to enable participants to share and… Continue Reading →
The Asia Regional Women’s Workshop took place in Kathmandu from 25th – 27th June 2014. The report from this workshop is now available to download below or under the Resources heading on the blog homepage. Special thanks go out to… Continue Reading →
The Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union of Uganda (ATGWU) – the ITF’s largest affiliate in Uganda and a mentor union for the ITF Informal Transport Workers’ Project – has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Entebbe Stage… Continue Reading →
Synaida Khaenda of the Transport and Allied Workers Union (TAWU) in Kenya has kindly shared the report she wrote about the Africa Regional Women’s Workshop (held in Kampala, April 2014) with the blog. You can download the report below: Synaida… Continue Reading →
Women activists from Nepal, India and Indonesia successfully completed their training workshop in mapping informal women transport workers last week (25-27 June), having learned much from their Nepalese union hosts about how informal women transport workers can organise. Half the… Continue Reading →
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Asian Regional Leadership Seminar last month (21st-23rd May). The seminar was a great success with particular thanks going out to Jaime Aguilar and his comrades at the NCTU, the project mentor union… Continue Reading →
Le séminaire ‘Asia Regional Leadership’ organisé par ITF a été lieu hier, le 21 mai, avec le mappage des activité dans un des terminaux de les très connu «Jeepney » buses de Manille, dirigé par les travailleurs informel. Les participants de… Continue Reading →
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in the Africa Regional Women’s Workshop. Bro Aziz Kiirya, Bro John Mark Mwanika and their comrades from ATGWU, the project mentor union in Uganda, deserve a particular mention for their role in… Continue Reading →
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