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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 →
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 →
By Bayla Sow, ITF Ecowas and Francophone countries’ representative Our comrades from the Federation Syndicale Professionnelle Nationale des Transports et Mécanique Générale (FSPNTMG – CNTG) held a strike on Monday 7 April 2014, which was widely followed (minibus, taxis, motorbikes, tanker drivers) throughout… Continue Reading →
Par Bayla Sow, le représentant pour l’Afrique Francophone Nos camarades de la Fédération Syndicale Professionnelle Nationale des transports et Mécanique Générale ( FSPNTMG- CNTG) ont organisé ce lundi 07 avril 2014 une grève très largement suivie (minibus, taxis, motos, camions… Continue Reading →
The Africa regional women’s workshop on mapping informal women workers in transport concluded on Friday last week after three highly successful days of discussion, training, experience-sharing, and practical mapping activities. Much of the work was based on the mapping… Continue Reading →
The Visibility of Women Workers strand of the project has got off with a flying start this week with the Africa Regional Women’s Workshop, being held in Kampala, Uganda. Teams of women activists from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are working… Continue Reading →
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Africa Regional Leadership Seminar, and for making it such a great success – particularly Zeinabou Habou Barma, and her comrades at SYNATRA, the mentor union in Niger, who hosted the event. You… Continue Reading →
The African Regional Seminar – “Building Strong Unions: Organising Informal Transport Workers” – was successfully concluded on Thursday 27 March, after more than two days of intense and productive discussions. This was the first major event of the ITF… Continue Reading →
