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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 →
The Informal Transport Workers’ Project: Report of Activities 2013-14 is now available to download: This report gives an overview of the project, its activities and what has been learned in its first year, 2013-14. As ever, those involved… 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
The ITF Asia Regional Leadership Seminar was launched yesterday, May 21, with a mapping activity in one of the terminals for Manila’s famous ‘Jeepney’ buses, run by informal operators. Participants from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand, along with… Continue Reading →
Last minute shift changes, casual contracts, agency fees, poor wages: sound familiar? These are just some of the issues being faced by precarious workers in the transport sector. Precarious workers now make up around 50% of the transport industry workforce…. Continue Reading →
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