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ATGWU
The GLI Report from the “Negotiations & strategy training for leaders/organisers of informal transport workers” workshop held in Nairobi in February is now available to download here: GLI Report: East African negotiation & strategy workshop, Nairobi [Feb 2016] The Nairobi… Continue Reading →
Transport union officials from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania at a meeting in Nairobi (organised by the ITF Informal Transport Workers Project) have welcomed newspaper reports that the Kenyan National Police Service Commission (NPSC) will crack down on police harassment and… Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Click video above to watch interview with Aisha Nateza, Women’s Representative for KOTSA. In this interview, Aisha Nateza, Women’s Representative for the Kampala Operational Taxi Stages’ Association (KOTSA), talks about why KOTSA was formed, the challenges facing informal transport workers,… Continue Reading →
Click video above to watch interview with John Ssemujjo, President of KAMBA “The best way to start is to start now – we think only the union let’s us start now” – John Ssemujjo, KAMBA On July 15th 2015, the… Continue Reading →
A capacity building workshop for informal transport sector organisers and leaders from Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya was held in Kampala from the 13th – 17th July. The workshop was organised by the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers’ Union, Uganda (ATGWU)… Continue Reading →
The ITF has released a new video documenting the success of recent mentoring meetings when officials from Uganda’s Amalgamated Transport and General Workers’ Union (ATGWU) visited two unions in Kenya to discuss the challenges of organising workers in the informal… Continue Reading →
