Women
Millions of women work in the transport industry world-wide, from bus and train drivers, to port workers, airline cabin crew, executives, call centre staff and office workers. Like most workers in the industry, women are seeing globalisation, de-regulation and privatisation squeeze their jobs, their wages and their conditions. At the same time, women have been facing unequal wages and rights, closed doors, poor parenting and maternity provision, discrimination and harassment.
Central to the ITF's campaigning is the aim to organise women into trade union activities, empowering women to secure better working conditions, more rights and equality with their male colleagues.
 | 24 Jun 2008
Women activists attend school for success
Women trade unionists from across the globe attended the first ever ITF Women’s School last week in Maryland, USA.
The school provided 34 women trade unionists from 24 countries with a unique opportunity to discuss and share common issues and to... 24 Apr 2008
Maternal mortality and transport access: a key theme for women’s conference 2009
Transport access and its role in preventing deaths in childbirth is to be among the key themes at next year’s ITF women’s conference.
Twenty-six women transport workers representing unions in 23 countries – from Argentina, Bermuda and Canada to...
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| 29 Jun 2006
ITF’s 41st Congress set for South Africa, August 2 to 9
The ITF is to hold its 41st world congress in Durban, South Africa from 2 to 9 August. This will be the first congress to be held in Africa in the Federation’s 110 year history and the biggest ever. The venue is the International Convention Centre... 12 Oct 2005
Unions launch global logistics network
Trade unions with members working in the big four logistics/express delivery companies - UPS, DHL, Federal Express and TNT - will meet in Washington from 1 to 3 November 2005 to establish a global union network. The meeting is being organised by...
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