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About ITF Education
Education is an important tool to help build strong unions in response to the global restructuring of the transport industry. The ITF places emphasis on education activities which deal with issues linked to globalisation in the transport industry, relate to the industrial priorities of the different transport sectors, and are coordinated on a sub-regional, regional and global level. Both industrialised and developing countries are targeted. For more information >>
ITF youth summer school 2011
Last year’s ITF summer school was the first to be specifically aimed for young workers, and took place in Madrid from 9-15 October. The summer school report is available to download and the event has been blogged on the ITF young workers blog.
The ITF summer school has been running for 12 years and plays an important role in strengthening the international perspective of union leaders and activists. For more information click here.
The summer school is supported by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation(FES).
Organising manual set to help increase union power
A brand new tool to help build union power was launched at an event in the UK recently. The ITF organising manual was launched at a well-attended ITF education and organising conference in Surrey, UK, from 28-30 June. It aims to increase worker participation to achieve the ultimate goal of enhancing union power in the workplace and across the transport industry. More>>
ITF education and organising conference
The ITF Education and Organising Globally departments organised a joint global conference in Britain from 28-30 June 2011. The overall aim was to strengthen education and organising strategies within the ITF and its affiliates. Organising has been a core feature of ITF work since the ITF 41st Congress in Durban 2006, where Organising Globally was adopted as a work programme. More information>>
Transport toolkit
The ITF transport toolkit is a resource to help affiliates tackle the challenges of industrial restructuring in which international financial institutions, particularly the World Bank, are involved. We have developed the toolkit in partnership with Public World and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation.
Strategic campaigns manual
The ITF has produced the strategic campaigns manual as part of a project supported by FNV Mondiaal. The manual is designed to help unions plan specific campaigns, which target either employers or government.
The manual is a step by step guide on how to plan and implement an effective campaign. Modules include identifying targets that could bring pressure to bear on the main target, developing strategies and tactics, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and case studies of actual campaigns. For more information >>
Introducing the ITF module
Transport logistics module
Research reports: organising informal transport workers
Port reform resource pack
Civil aviation fact sheets
HIV-AIDS manual: transport workers take action
Globalising solidarity resource book
Women transporting the world resource book
Workers' rights are human rights resource book
See also: ITF HIV-AIDS section
08 Dec 2011
Low-carbon transport gets trade union airing in South Africa
Cheap transport oils the wheels of the global economy, yet it has a devastating impact, not just on the climate, but also on employees’ working conditions. That was the verdict of the ITF’s first African seminar on climate change recently.
The...
17 Oct 2011
Young worker activism takes centre stage at ITF summer school
Campaigning, building union strength and the struggles of young transport trade unionists featured among the hot topics debated at an ITF event in Spain this week.
The 42 young union activists from 28 different countries, who were attending the...
01 Dec 2010
Survey examines civil aviation’s HIV problem
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) released a survey today, World Aids Day, which examines the prevalence of – and attitudes to – HIV/Aids among civil aviation workers.
The survey draws on the experience of the ITF’s civil...
01 Dec 2010
Une enquête se penche sur le problème du VIH dans l’aviation civile
L’ITF (la Fédération internationale des ouvriers du transport) publiera aujourd’hui, à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale du SIDA, les résultats d’une enquête sur la prévalence du VIH/SIDA, et les attitudes par rapport à ce problème, chez les...
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