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This year's summer school will be held in Tunis from 8-12 November 2010. It is the second summer school to be run in French. ITF affiliated unions in Tunisia are supporting the summer school.
The summer school is also supported by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES).
Further details will be available online soon.
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>>
The ITF summer school is one tool to find solutions to common issues, across the international divide. In 2009, 35 participants from 23 countries, representing 31 unions attended the school, which was held in the UK and it was a great success.
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 >>
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>>
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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 >>
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 >>
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