NASVI relief Lorry reaches NEPAL
National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), StreetNet Affiliate and Focal Point for Asia reacted immediately as soon as they heard about the plight of Nepal, when the devastating earthquake struck on 25 April 2015. NASVI sent an appeal letter around the world for humanitarian aid to assist the affected Nepalese people. On 17 […]
StreetNet launches New Manifesto Campaign in Eastern Europe
On the 6 – 7 May 2015, leaders of StreetNet Affiliates from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Ukraine met in Moldova for their Regional Meeting and to launch StreetNet’s New Manifesto Campaign. Moldova-Business-Sind hosted the event in Chisinau (Moldova). Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Organiser for Europe and Asia facilitated the regional meeting. Petru Chiriak, Vice-Chairman […]
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INDIA. DP is irreparable, scrap it, say activists. Times of India (10 April 2015). TANZANIA. College plans to identify trade opportunities for hawkers. Daily News (10 April 2015) by Ludovick Kazoka. INDIA. No street vendors, cycle rickshaws in Lajpat Nagar market: NGT. Zee News (8 April 2015) by PTI. New Delhi: BOTSWANA. EDD is the […]
IDEA celebrates May Day
IDEA, a StreetNet affiliate celebrated International Labour Day on the 1st May by marching with other trade unions in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This started from the National Stadium to the Ministry of Labour. A request was made for a living wage of $177, and to also consider social protection laws that includes informal workers, greater […]
The World celebrates International Workers Day
International Workers’ Day celebrated on the First of May commemorates the historic struggle of working people throughout the world. It is also recognition of the Global Workers Movement and people unite to express their international solidary. The history of Workers’ Day goes back to the 1886 Haymarket Affair in Chicago, where police tried to disperse […]
Solidarity with our comrades, the people of Nepal
Brazillian Campaign against the criminalisation of informal traders
StreetNet launches New Manifesto and hosts Social Solidarity Workshop
StreetNet launched a new manifesto campaign and hosted a social solidarity workshop. These two activities were part of the Flow project. This was held in Lome, Togo from the 13-15 April for affiliates from Ghana, Benin and Togo Launching of the StreetNet International New Manifesto Campaign This launching ceremony took place in Lomé, Togo on […]
Xhidmat-ISH hosts Capacity Building Workshop
With the support of StreetNet and the FLOW Project, Federation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan "Xhidmat-ISH" organised a capacity building workshop on the topic "Forms, methods and tactics of negotiation" in Baku city, Azerbaijan. The workshop was facilitated by an experienced ILO trainer, Vsevolod Barbanyagra. Twenty-seven trade union activists attended the workshop, 16 of whom […]
Lift the cap on NYC’s street vendors
The number of permits for street vendors hasn’t budged since 1981, the year Prince Charles married Princess Diana Many New Yorkers are mourning the closure of Cinnamon Snail, the city’s most popular food truck and reigning Vendy Award winner, after it was forced to shut off its engine earlier this month. Hundreds of fans lined […]
