09 Oct 2006 -
International Road Transport Action Week 2006

Jordan and Palestine
The ITF's road transport workers' unions in Jordan and Palestine took part in the Action Week Campaign for the first time by organising simultaneous rallies in Amman and the West Bank. At a busy truck stop where goods to and from Palestine are delivered, the General Union of Road and Mechanic Workers held a meeting with representatives from the union, national labour centre and a local NGO, expressing their solidarity towards the Palestine workers. Mac Urata and Bilal Malkawi represented the ITF. The other ITF affiliates in Jordan also contributed towards the organisation of this event. In the meantime, the General Union for Transport Workers mobilised more than 100 participants to a peaceful rally in the West Bank, demanding an urgent improvement to the appalling working conditions of the professional drivers and the never-ending harassment from the authorities. Urata and Malkawi pledged to the unions that the ITF and its affiliates will continue to offer its support to the road transport workers and their trade unions in the region. (Email report by Mac Urata)

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Nepal
The Nepal Yatayat Mazdoor Sangh took part in the Action Week Campaign with a range of activities throughout the country including vehicle rallies, blood donations and clean-up exercises. All District Committees leafleted the bus drivers at depots and highways. The Nepal Trade Union Congress as well as the traffic police, civil societies and bus entrepreneurs association were involved in the programme. Media coverage was excellent. Activists livened-up the rallies by chanting slogans. Many participants expressed their satisfaction to the union's events. (Email report by Ajay Rai)

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Mozambique
The Sindicato Nacional do Trabalhadores dos Transportes Rodoviário e Assistência Técnica (SINTRAT) in Mozambique celebrated the ITF International Road Transport Action Week by organising a press conference on 13 October. ITF materials were introduced to participants at the press conference, which was also attended by the Minister of Transport. (Email report by Naftal David Simbine)