Global union federation the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today reacted with disappointment to the failure of the UN COP17 climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, to deliver any progress on climate change so far. Speaking from the conference,… Continue Reading →
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.
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 →
An ITUC blog on the UNEP conference – Tunza children and youth towards Rio+20, that took place on September 27, 20011 in Bandung, Indonedia. The conference highlighted the need for job opportunities and initiatives in the green economy, given that 40% of the… Continue Reading →
Education International (EI) adopted a resolution entitled Education Unions Mobilising for Climate Change at its congress held in Cape Town , South Africa July 2011.
A new ILO pubilcation on Climate Change and Labour: the need for a “Just Transition” emphasises the importance of the role of workers in discussion on the social dimensions of sustainable development and climate change policies, and the fact that until recently they have been excluded.
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.
Following last Tuesday’s conference, Congress has just passed three climate change resolutions. ITF education officer Alana Dave reflects on the next steps.
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