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Urban Transport

Strengthening the heart of our cities by ensuring public transport is a public good.

The ITF’s Our Public Transport (OPT) programme is based on principles of social and climate justice.

 

We want to see public ownership, strong labour standards and democratic participation for workers and passengers in public transport systems worldwide. Equality for women, young and informal workers is at the heart of the programme. View our videos from the programme.

ISSUES

From building industrial strength to campaigning for public ownership, ITF and our affiliated unions are committed to safe and just workplaces for urban transport workers.

In the face of privatisation and deregulation, the growth of multinational companies in passenger transport and new forms of work, urban transport unions are making change happen.

The impacts of Covid-19 on workers and services in public transport mean linking immediate issues with long-term structural change, based on sustainable long-term funding, just transitions, worker-led formalisation, gender responsive workplaces and services, and the democratic governance of public transport which involves workers and passengers in decision-making.

OUR PRIORITIES

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WHAT WE DO

The ITF’s Our Public Transport programme:

  • Campaigns to improve labour standards for all public transport workers, and in particular informal transport workers. We do this by increasing industrial power; building union networks in multinational companies; developing alliances with passengers, communities and other organisations; and negotiating the transition from informal to formal work.
  • Focuses on target cities to strengthen the voice of workers in the development of new public transport systems, including bus rapid transit (BRT) and metro, while promoting women and youth employment in the sector.
  • Promotes a social model of public transport – one built on public ownership, public investment, decent work, gender equality, worker control of technology, and climate justice.
WHERE WE FOCUS

The People’s Public Transport Policy provides a worker vision of public transport that is accessible, affordable, efficient, reliable, safe, clean and integrated with a city-wide network of buses, trains, metro, ferries, taxis and trams, including cycling and walking options. The policy looks at the impacts of new technologies like electric buses, increased surveillance and the automation of ticketing, and shares union responses. It also gives recommendations for sustainable and socially just public transport funding.

Our work on buses focuses on the impact of new bus rapid transit (BRT) systems as they are introduced in cities of the global south. While policymakers promote BRT as a win-win solution, we support informal workers displaced by these systems to develop alternative models of worker-led formalisation. Informal workers need to be sure of a just transition to a future of decent work.

Our work on metro focuses on ensuring that major public transport investment benefits workers and passengers rather than corporate interests. New and legacy metro systems should be publicly owned and democratically accountable, characterised by decent work and equality between different occupational groups.

The ITF has teamed up with C40 Cities and other partners to launch The Future is Public Transport campaign. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are calling on governments and international institutions to prioritise public transport. Together, by investing in and shifting traffic to public transport, we can both drive economic recovery and combat climate change.

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The ITF Urban Transport Steering Committee brings together representatives of formal and informal workers from all public transport modes. As well as women and youth leaders, it includes trade-unionists from all world regions and a diverse range of backgrounds.

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DIRECTOR

Alana Dave

 

MANAGERS

James Bartholomeuz
Bruno Dobrusin

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SECTION COMMITTEE

Eric Campos Bonta

FESIMETRO
,
Chile
ITF Urban Transport Section Chair

Julian Ehret

ver.di
,
Germany
Vice Chair (Road)

C A Rajasridhar

AIRF
,
India
Vice Chair (Rail)

Rute Caires

CNTTL
,
Brazil
Women Transport Workers' Representative

Jas Giri

RMTU
,
New Zealand
Youth Representative for Urban Transport

Dirk Schlömer

Chair of the ETF urban public transport committee
Committee members

Mario Gavran

Kommunal
,
Sweden
Member

Nelson Montfort

CGT
,
France
Member

Antoaneta Stoimenova

FTTUB
,
Bulgaria
Member

Fernando Muñoz Díaz

CCOO
,
Spain
Member

Robert Morton

UNITE
,
Great Britain

Maryam Eslamdoust

TSSA
,
Great Britain
Member

Hüseyin Kaya

Demiryol-Is
,
Türkiye
Member

Fatoumata Cisse

Syntrarail
,
Côte d'Ivoire
Member

Gora Khouma

URS
,
Senegal
Member

Dan Mihadi

TAWU
,
Kenya
Member

Ismail Douib

FNTT
,
Algeria
Member

Sadik Boujaera

UMT
,
Morocco
Member

Gerardo Hernandez

ATM
,
Mexico
Member

Emilano Gramajo

AOITA
,
Argentina

Ohun Kwon

KPTU
,
Korea
Member

Angie Mata

NCTU
,
Philippines
Member

Hena Ruswana

SPKA
,
Indonesia
Member

Shiva Gopal Mishra

AIRF
,
India
Member

Shayne Kummerfeld

RTBU
,
Brazil
Member

Jun Ikenoya

SHITSEN-SOREN
,
Japan
Member

John Lyons

ATU
,
United States of America
Member

John Samuelsen

TWU
,
United States of America

Scott Bateman

Unifor
,
Canada
Member