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Summary of ILO recommendation 204 .................................................... 40  \nAppendix 2. ITF People’s Public Transport Policy...........................................................42  \nAppendix 3. Kenyan transport workers’ unions joint position paper on BRT ............... 43  \nAppendix 4. ITF 2018 Congress resolution: organising informal transport workers.... 46  \nAppendix 5. ITF Informal Workers Charter .................................................................... 48  \nAppendix 6. ITF / UITP Positive Employer Gender Policy ............................................. 50  \nREFERENCES ............................................................................................................. 57  \nBRT  \nnegotiating guide  \nPREFACE  \nThis guide was commissioned from the Global Labour Institute (GLI) by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) as a contribution to the ITF Our Public Transport (OPT) programme. 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