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YOUTH

Supporting youth to lead the trade union movement of today and workplaces of tomorrow.

Transport unions need young workers to be their driving force now – for their future. The voices of young workers, with the support of unions, need to be at the forefront of the fight for secure and decent work. 

 

ISSUES

The urgency of a just transition to a sustainable economy is an issue that weighs heavily on the minds of young people. Young people are deeply affected by precarious jobs and unemployment, along with climate anxiety, and these challenges are being exacerbated by widening social and economic inequalities since the onset of COVID-19.

With the increasing demand for a flexible workforce, a growing number of young people have part-time, temporary and outsourced contracts that undermine young people’s fundamental rights at work.

Young workers are already overrepresented in precarious work, with the majority of the global youth workforce in informal employment. These young workers are earning low wages in unsafe or exploitative working conditions, and are particularly vulnerable to job losses with inadequate or limited access to social and legal services.

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WHAT WE DO

We know that in unity there is strength, which is why we work to connect and amplify the voices of young transport workers in the trade union movement.

We are supporting young people to utilise their creativity and innovative campaigning skills to take action on the most pressing issues facing them now and into the future.

ITF is building youth networks, developing resources, sharing good practice, and hosting events that bring young workers together.

Stories in Action

The ITF Youth Storytelling Programme celebrates the incredible power of young transport workers who are stepping up to shape their unions and build a just, equitable future for all.

This initiative highlights the real-world experiences of young workers and seeks to inspire, educate and mobilise young unionists and the next generation of union leaders and activists.

Discover the power of storytelling and help us amplify young workers’ voices shaping the present and the future of transport unions. 

Every story told is a step towards a stronger, more inclusive labour movement.

WHERE WE FOCUS

Youth Structures

Facilitating young workers' engagement into unions’ work and in the decision making process concerning their employment and working conditions.

Youth Employment & Job Security

Advocating for youth employment policies that guarantee high-quality, secure jobs for young workers, address age discrimination at work and ensure young people have access to: quality apprenticeship and employment opportunities, the ability to transition from informal to formal work, adequate earnings, stable and secure work, career paths and skills development.

Young Workers & The Platform Economy

Bringing together a network of ITF affiliates organising food delivery riders and couriers and self organised riders’ groups to address shared concerns including low pay, unfair contracting and deactivations, unsafe working conditions and a lack of social protections.

Technology & Digitalisation

Empowering young workers to use new technology and digital tools to organise and mobilise youth in and outside the union movement. Developing coordinated strategies and campaigns to address technological changes affecting young workers, who may be at greater risk of automation. Analyse the skills gaps introduced by technological changes, training young workers and the role of their unions in protecting their jobs.  

Climate Justice & Just Transition

Ensuring sustainable youth employment and jobs are at the core of the climate change agenda by developing strategies that give youth a voice in a just transition.

 

ON THE GROUND
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Congress Vision and Resolutions 2024-2029

We set out our 2024-2029 vision for ‘Transport Workers Moving the World Forward’. These are our demands and strategy to transform the transport industry, to create a safer, fairer and more sustainable
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What young workers want from transport

We know that young workers will face the long-term impacts of climate change, conflict and economic uncertainty. Analysing the voices of young workers 18 to 35 in the ITF Global Poll, this report
OUR PEOPLE

Our young workers committee represents a full spectrum of sectors and regions with gender balanced representation of young people working in the transport industry.

To get in touch with us, or for details of the youth committee representative for your section or region, email youth@itf.org.uk

Contact us 

YOUTH OFFICER

Baker Khundakji

 

DEPUTY YOUTH OFFICERS

Daniela Biocca

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Committee members

Preeti Singh-

AIRF
,
India
Co-Chair

Nick Loridan

BTB
,
Belgium
Young Transport Workers’ Co-Chair/Dockers Co-Representative

Nice Amon Mwansasu -

COTWU
,
Tanzania
ITF Youth Vice President

Marcus Vinicius Balbino de Silva Marques

CONUTTMAF
,
Brazil
Ordinary Member Shared

Daniel Lico

UPSA
,
Argentina
Ordinary Member Shared

Shanitah Birungi

ATGWU
,
Uganda
Ordinary Member

Emily Mead

TWU
,
Australia
Coopted Member – Platform Workers
Section Representatives

Nick Loridan

BTB
,
Belgium
Young Transport Workers’ Co-Chair/Dockers Co-Representative

Miracle Anne King

BWU
,
Barbados
Dockers' Co-Representative

Bill Mutoro

TAWU
,
Kenya
Civil Aviation

Camila Badouin

CCUOMM
,
Argentina
Fisheries

Murad Breik

GUTW
,
Palestine
Road Transport

Vacant - Tourism

Tourism

Pradita Ningrum

SPKA
,
Indonesia
Women's Representative

Yasmina Basta

FNTT
,
Algeria
Warehousing

Camille Simbulan

AMOSUP
,
Philippines
Seafarers

Jas Giri

First Union
,
New Zealand
Urban Transport

Matais Hernan Vargas

SOMU
,
Argentina
Inland Navigation
Regional Representatives

Clauver Tapia Castilho

FENTAC/CUT
,
Brazil
Regional Representative

Fernando Espino Garcia

SNTSTC
,
Mexico
Regional Representative

Ana Milena Guzman

SNTT
,
Colombia
Regional Representative

Delfina Sappia

AAA
,
Argentina
Regional Representative

Perserverance Mulamba Yowa

CSC/TRANSCOM
,
Democratic Republic of Congo
Regional Representative

Vincent Terhemba Tyohon

NUR
,
Nigeria
Regional Representative

Ivanilda Madade

SINTAC
,
Mozambique
Regional Representatives

Walaa Hussein

GTULTW
,
Egypt
Regional Representative

Dominic Young

SMOU
,
Singapore
Regional Representatives

Aarin Moon

MUA
,
Australia
Regional Representative

Zakary Coker

IAM
,
United States of America
Regional Representative

Erick Siahaan

MEBA
,
United States of America
Regional Representative

Luc Arsenault

ALPA
,
United States of America
Regional Representative

Gamala Warner

SWWTU
,
Trinidad & Tobago
Regional Representative

Preeti Singh

AIRF
,
India
Regional Representatives

Nick Loridan

BTB
,
Belgium
Young Transport Workers’ Co-Chair/Dockers Co-Representative

Celine Ruffie

FGTE-CFDT
,
France
Regional Representative

Lyubomir Drenski

FTTUB
,
Bulgaria
Regional Representative

Panagiotis Tsikalakis

PNO
,
Greece
Regional Representative

Nicolas Drexel

Ver.di
,
Germany
Regional Representative

Iryna Yerinenko

MTWTU
,
Ukraine
Regional Representative

Rickard Näslund

SEKO
,
Sweden
Regional Representative