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NEPAL: NETWON organises e-rickshaw drivers into a union for the first time

From the 5th – 7th January, NETWON held a three day of education workshop for e-rickshaw drivers in Butwal, in the western region of Nepal. The workshop brought together the NETWON district committee leadership with e-rickshaw drivers working in region… Continue Reading →

NEPAL: ITWAN & NETWON hold joint workshop for women activists

  From the 18 – 19th January, the Independent Transport Workers’ Association of Nepal (ITWAN) and Nepal Yatayat Majdur Sangh (NETWON) held a joint “trade union education & organising strategy” workshop for women activists from both unions. 26 women participated… Continue Reading →

EAST AFRICA: ATGWU visits unions in Kenya & Tanzania

From November 22nd – 29th, the ATGWU mentor team of John Mark Mwanika and Stephen Abima conducted a follow-up visit to Kenya and Tanzania as part of the ATGWU informal transport worker mentoring programme for unions in East Africa. The… Continue Reading →

Nepali unions form Joint Women’s Committee

On December 3rd, the Independent Transport Workers’ Association of Nepal (ITWAN) and Nepal Yatayat Majdur Sangh (NETWON) announced the creation of a Joint Women’s Committee, composed of six women leaders from each union. The announcement was made at a jointly… Continue Reading →

TOGO: Synatra rend visite à la Fédération des Travailleurs du Transport du Togo (FESYTRAT)

CLIQUEZ SUR LE CLIP CI-DESSUS POUR REGARDER LA COUPURE DE PRESSE SUR LA VISITE DU SYNATRA AU TOGO Du 26 au 27 Août 2015,  le Syndicat National des Travailleurs et Travailleuses Autonomes du Secteur Informel du Niger (SYNATRA) a effectué… Continue Reading →

TOGO: SYNATRA visits Togo’s Federation of Transport Workers (FESYTRAT)

  CLICK VIDEO ABOVE TO WATCH NEWS CLIP ABOUT SYNATRA’S VISIT TO TOGO From 26th to 27th August 2015, Niger’s National Union of Informal Transport Workers (SYNATRA) made a work visit to Togo’s Federation of Transport Workers (FESYTRAT). The visit… Continue Reading →

Now available: Report on NCTU – IDEA exchange visit, Phnom Penh

  The NCTU – IDEA Exchange Visit took place from 1st – 6th August 2015. The visit brought a delegation of five NCTU members to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to meet with members, leaders and staff of the informal worker union,… Continue Reading →

UGANDA: Women’s informal worker committees formed at union and association levels

    Elections have been held in Uganda to form women’s committees of informal transport workers in ATGWU and in seven of its affiliated informal worker associations. ATGWU says that the creation of women’s committees at both the union and… Continue Reading →

Now available: Report on ATGWU Capacity Building Workshop, Kampala

  The ATGWU Capacity Building workshop was held in Kampala, Uganda, from 13-17th July 2015. The workshop was organised and hosted by the Amalgamated Transport & General Workers’ Union, Uganda (ATGWU) and brought together 15 participants from Uganda, Kenya and… Continue Reading →

Mentor unions participate in ITF Climate Action Day

Today (October 5th) mentor unions for the ITF Informal Transport Workers’ project are celebrating Climate Action day as part of the 2015 ITF Action Week. Members of transport unions across the world are using this opportunity to undertake activities which… Continue Reading →

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