***Bulgaria Vice President to address participants in ITF’s 43rd Congress

Sofia. Bulgarian Vice President, Margarita Popova, is to open an event dedicated to the women transport workers worldwide in the frames of the 43rd Congress of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), which started in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Sunday, August 10, the press centre of the President’s Office announced.
The Congress itself is themed “From Global Crisis to Global Justice: Transport Workers Fighting Back“.
There are some 700 member trade unions representing over 4.5 million workers from about 150 countries in the ITF.

Bulgarian Sofia Municipality has new initiative connected with women working in public transport sector: mayor

14 August 2014 | 11:19 | FOCUS News Agency

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Sofia. ”We have a new initiative as regards aiding and [improving] the qualifications of the women working in the public transport sector,” said Yordanka Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia Municipality, speaking at the opening of an event dedicated to the women transport workers worldwide in the frames of the 43rd Congress of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), which started in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Sunday, August 10, FOCUS News Agency reported.
The Congress itself is themed “From Global Crisis to Global Justice: Transport Workers Fighting Back“.
”In the years of a severe crisis, under the hard conditions of the transition period in our country, the public transport system faces many problems. We realise the work of the people is really serious. For this reason we agreed on raising the salaries of the people working in the public transport system and we developed in cooperation with the trade unions a bonus system this year,” Fandakova remarked.
She thinks it is indicative the percentage of women working at Sofia Public Electrical Transport Company is among the highest in Europe.
”We drop behind as far as the road transport and many other sectors are concerned, including the transport companies in Sofia,” the Mayor stated.

FROM THE TIMES OF INDIA:

***Indian rly union slams FDI at int'l meeting

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The proposed 100% foreign direct investment in the Indian Railways, which is being opposed by the railway union, was raised during the International Transport Federation's 43rd World Congress 2014 being held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The issue was raised during the ITF by J G Mahurkar, vicepresident, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen, and national general secretary M Raghavaiah who along with other office bearers are in Bulgaria for the conference. During the conference, Raghavaiah also raised the issue of FDI in railways and the new pension scheme for Indian Railways and demanded the latter's immediate scrapping.

FROM THE BULGARIAN NEWS AGENCY:

***Advisory to BTA's External Service Subscribers

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14 August 2014

Bulgarian News Agency

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Sofia, August 14 (BTA) - Following are some of the main stories to be moved by BTA's External Service in the next few hours:

-- Vice President Margarita Popova will unveil a conference of female transport workers within the 43rd congress of the International Transport Federation (ITF). The forum is mottoed "From Global Crisis to Global Justice: Transport Workers Fighting Back!"

-- The Interdepartmental Commission for Recovery and Assistance with the Council of Ministers will discuss the possibilities for additional assistance of the settlements in Northwestern Bulgaria hit by the torrential rains in the presence of Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki and Interior Minister Yordan Bakalov.

-- Defence Minister Velizar Shalamanov will present his team and priorities.

-- The Central Election Commission will give its first regular news briefing. /TK/

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A member of the International Federation of Transport Workers' Youth (ITF) and the Assistant Secretary union workers institution of Kuwait Airways and its subsidiaries Abdullah Al-Mutairi said the union is involved in the activities of Congress, the forty-third for the ITF, entitled «from the global crisis to global justice - transport workers come back the struggle», held during from 10 to 16 August, which in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, with the participation of more than 4.5 million transfer agent of 700 labor unions in more than 150 countries around the world.

He said al-Mutairi said in a statement, said that the participation came «Given the importance of activating the trade union action as a pillar authentic and base basic and effective and impressive in the construction project and the Renaissance and the development and community service, and building on the importance of building bridges of communication and cooperation between trade unions of air transport for the enrichment of the trade union movement, and to the philosophy of the International Federation of Workers transport (ITF), which is based on the promotion of international solidarity Worker »

In turn, the Chairman of the Regional Committee of Trade Unions of air transport (ITF) in the Arab world and a member of the Governing Council of the Union of Workers Foundation Kuwait Airways and its subsidiaries Engineer Saad Bdah Hajri that «in light of economic globalization and the trend towards privatization and the global economic crisis and its negative effects on workers, which threatens stability and security career and puts their future career at stake, not to mention the circumstances experienced by the Arab world, and the Arab Spring, which reflected its impact on unions Arab positively and negatively, as well as the challenges steady facing the aviation sector, air transport and the growing needs for workers institutions, airlines and the environment and difficult working conditions in which they work , it looks to be the Congress of the International Federation of transport Workers cornerstone towards the development of a comprehensive trade union action in all its forms according to an ambitious plan thought out to meet these challenges steady ».

It also noted a member of the Regional Committee of Trade Unions of air transport in the Arab world and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association Ahmad sense that «the whole world is following scenes of the killing of women and children in cold blood and the destruction of mosques, hospitals, schools and homes on television, without shaking his eyelid or blink an eye, in brutally attacked on our brothers in Gaza »and stressing that« championing the people of Palestine and all oppressed peoples and oppressed is an urgent humanitarian responsibility.