43c/RCom/Report2 Annex 4


Motion 12: Young Workers’ Activities


The 43rd Congress of the ITF, meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria from 10-­‐16 August 2014: 1. Acknowledges the young transport workers of today as the present and future leaders of the labour movement,


2. Acknowledges the progress which has been made in increasing the participation of young transport workers in the work of the ITF, originally initiated at the 2006 Durban Congress,


3. Acknowledges that the industrial sections have managed to increase young transport workers activities, 4. Acknowledges the increasing level of young transport workers activities in most of the ITF’s regions,


5. Acknowledges the successes of organising the young transport workers conference, the two young transport workers summer schools and the other young transport worker programmes,


6. Acknowledges that young transport workers committees in many unions and other organisations in several countries have been successfully formed and recognised.


This Congress also 7. Notes the increasing importance of young activists and the need to train them to take on and hold heavier responsibilities,


8. Notes that the various sections and regions have significantly different issues and needs,


9. Notes that having proper young transport workers structures set up in the individual sections and regions would be important and beneficial in addressing these specific concerns,


10. Notes that there is much potential for the future Young Transport Worker programs to be embarked, but limited resources to do so.


This Congress further 11. Calls on the ITF to promote all affiliates to create youth structures within their Union in order to increase young transport workers activities,


12. Acknowledges that having full time coordination in the secretariat will greatly benefit the call to have greater emphasis on young transport workers matters.


13. Calls on ITF affiliates at ITF Congress to support the secretariat in ensuring that there is a young transport workers coordinator to strictly focus on and continue developing the young transport workers work programme, in order to have more ownership and commitment towards the success of today’s and tomorrows’ union leaders. Admin support should be provided on a needs-­‐basis. Primary tasks include, yet are not exclusive to:


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