Day two of the climate change and transport workers seminar in Durban (1-2 December 2011) was opened by Asbjørn Wahl, chair of the ITF working group on climate change. Session 4: Understanding employment issues Jane Barrett presented the SATAWU research paper, which… Continue Reading →
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.
Running in parallel with the UN climate change negotiations at COP17 in Durban, the ITF’s first African seminar on transport and climate change sought to discuss and advance the trade union perspective on climate change. Over 60 delegates from 11 countries in Africa plus affiliates from around the world attended the seminar as part of the ITUC’s World of Work (WoW) programme.
New website for the coordination of civil society activities for COP17 http://www.c17.org.za/ The website includes a list of activities that will happen during COP17 in Durban as well as access to some useful document and a few short films.
The ITUC / GURN workshop on A Green Economy that Works for Social Justice last week provided a stimulating and interesting debate in the lead up to COP17. This second workshop attempted to address the research gaps on climate change and brought together people from a range of unions, research institutes, universities and the ITUC.
The ITF is coordinating preparations for and involvement in COP17 for member transport unions. COP17 will take place from 28 November-9 December 2011 in Durban South Africa. Among the preparations there will be a 2-day seminar on transport and climate… Continue Reading →
Delegates at the ITF education and organising conference in June were keen to discuss climate change and welcomed the presentations from Jonathan Neale (expert researcher for the ETF climate change project) and Manuel Cortes (TSSA assistant general secretary).
ITF affiliate, the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers’ Union of Uganda, attended a climate change workshop in Nairobi last week. The seminar brought together unions and civil society organisations from East Africa.
Unionists at a seminar in Argentina have agreed that collective action on climate change is the way forward if transport workers’ working conditions are to be protected and improved. Read more here >>
Find out what delegates made of the climate change conference that opened the 2010 ITF Congress in Mexico City.
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