Cities Alliance Liberia Programme Inception Workhop, 22-24 February 2016
StreetNet International and its affiliate in Liberia (NAPETUL) and WIEGO (Women in Informal Economy: Globalizing and Organizing) will participate in the programme inception workshop for the Cities Alliance Liberia programme from 22-24 February at Monrovia City Hall. According to the concept note for the meetings, the workshop will provide Cities Alliance members and partners active […]
First visit of Rwanda Kenya exchange visit
StreetNet International and EATUC (East African Trade Union Confederation) organised a programme of exchange visits between their affiliates in Kenya and Rwanda. The first visit took place in Rwanda from November 9th to November 12th 2015. The purpose of exchange visits was to learn more about the organizations’ experiences. KENASVIT was the visiting organization with […]
FTUEU discusses a newly adopted ILO Recommendation 204
In December 2015, in the framework of the Solidarity Center Project in Ukraine, Free Trade Union of Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (FTUEU), affiliated to the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) and StreetNet Affiliate, hosted one-day workshop “ILO Recommendation 204 as a tool to improve the lives and working conditions of informal workers”. The […]
Cambodian Trade Unions oppose adoption of a new Trade Union Law
StreetNet International, which represents more than 550 000 street/market vendors and hawkers from 52 affiliated organizations from 49 countries along with International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and other Global Union Federations, is deeply concerned with the current situation in Cambodia which happened around the content of the proposed Draft of the Trade Union Law. Independent […]
Repressions towards unions and Street vendors in South Korea
StreetNet International which represents more than 550 000 street/market vendors and hawkers from 52 affiliated organizations from 47 countries throughout the world is deeply concerned with the current situation in Seoul and considers the crackdown done by Korean government against the street vendors and other trade unionists unacceptable and those which violate human, workers` and […]
Online crowd funding – a new experiment of StreetNet International
Dear all You may already be aware that since January 2015, StreetNet has been operating with no office, using virtual space, with a small team of three voluntary and very part-time people and a part-time bookkeeper. But we have managed to keep up with our work of making an international impression at the level of […]
StreetNet affiliate from Azerbaijan helps street vendors in villages and promotes ILO Recommendation 204
In the framework of creating favorable conditions for street traders, Federation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan "Xhidmat-ISH" started negotiations with the local municipal authorities. According to the negotiations, there are already first small, but successful results. The municipalities of the village Vandam, Gabalinsky district and village Kharkhar, Gadabeksky district have been working on installing facilities […]
Free Trade Unions of Ukraine marked a World Day for Decent Work
7 October 2015 Kyiv, Ukraine Free Trade Union of Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (FTUEU), StreetNet affiliate, in cooperation with other branch organizations affiliated to the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU), participated in the events dedicated to the World Day for Decent Work (WDDW). In addition to small entrepreneurs, representatives of railway workers, pilots, […]
Nothing for us Without Us !!
Informal workers from the sectors of street vendors, home-based workers, taxi workers, fishermen and waste pickers, attended a mass meeting at the Gandhi Luthuli Hall at the Denis Hurley Centre in Durban on 19 August 2015, to discuss the lack of progress in an ILO Project on Decent Work in eThekwini Municipality, involving all 5 […]
Cooperation between Solidarity Center & Streetnet International: Programme launch in Tanzania and Zimbabwe
Streetnet International and its two affiliates in Tanzania and Zimbabwe were invited to participate in the Solidarity Center’s planning meeting for the informal economy grant covering Zimbabwe and Tanzania, Â held in Harare, Zimbabwe from 7-10 September 2015 The meeting witnessed the participation of: The representatives of the participating unions, Tanzanian Union of Industrial and […]
