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The Challenge of organising casual workers - Labour brokers in  Southern Africa

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*Southern African Truck Drivers

The growth of labour brokers is presenting new challenges for African trade unions.  A need for research was expressed by affiliates at the East and Southern Africa  SASK Road Transport Planning seminar in 2006. Hence the focus of the research is on the road transport industry.  more>>



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. more >>




Education Bulletin 49:

  • Transportation and climate change,
  • HIV/AIDS clauses in CBAs,
  • Gender mainstreaming in Indian ports,
  • The challenge of organising casual workers - Labour brokers in  Southern Africa

Campaign against climate change – trade union conference

The ‘campaign against climate change’ held its 2nd trade union conference on Saturday 7 March 2009, in London and was well attended by members from GMB, UNITE, PCS, CWU and the TUC, as well as environmental groups and activists. more>>

The ITF Education Annual Report 2008

Throughout 2008 the department was involved in the implementation of new initiatives as well as continuing with pre-existing areas of work.

Some of the new areas include the work on climate change and transport, a regional summer school, strengthening industrial organising, bargaining and coordination in the aviation and ports sections and the Caribbean subregion, and contributing to the ITF women’s school. More>>

*To download the report, please scroll to the end of this web page.

Strategic Campaigns Manual

*Strategic Manual

The ITF has produced a 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. more >>

Education Modules

*Education Module Folder - Introducing the ITF

As part of the ITF global project 'Training the Trainers', the Education Department has completed 2 education modules entitled 'Introducing the ITF' and 'Transport logistics'.

The modules are designed to support education activities relating to issues of globalisation, transport restructuring and how trade unions can respond and develop new strategies.

Each pack consists of the following: Presentation Materials, Notes for the trainer,  Background Information and Education activities more >>


ITF Education Materials

See Also: Special HIV-AIDS Section


 

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News online

08 May 2009
An attack on affiliates is an attack on the ITF, regional conference told
Employers that “pick a fight” with affiliates in the Americas region will have the ITF to deal with, warned ITF general secretary David Cockroft yesterday. Addressing the opening of the ITF Latin America and Caribbean regional conference in Panama...

02 Oct 2008
Union activists turn spotlight on unprotected workers
Trade union representatives from the Asia-Pacific region have pledged to reach out to groups of unprotected workers as part of efforts to respond to their growing number. Thirty-seven transport union activists from 13 Asia-Pacific countries,...
 

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Press releases

28 Nov 2008
Transport workers drive World Aids Day message around the world
On planes, trains & automobiles – not to mention buses, trams, docks, boats and ships, transport workers will be marking the 20th World Aids Day on Monday 1 December. Transport trade unionists will back the day, which is called by the World Aids...

19 Apr 2007
ITF backs G8 Aids campaign
Global union federation the ITF and its hundreds of affiliated unions are using the international Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April to take forward a union campaign to push HIV/Aids to the front of the G8’s agenda when it meets in Germany in June....
 

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