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 […]
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ZIMBABWE. First Lady`s Empathy On Vendors Misunderstood. All Africa (13 March 2015). She reminded the police officers that some of them had qualified to join the force because their mothers had sent them to school from the proceeds of street vending. UK. Street traders` petition passes 5,000 mark. Essex County Standard (13 March 2015) by […]
UPTA reinforces its European presence with integration into the European Federation of Independent Professionals (EFIP)
Madrid, 25 March 2015 – As of last Friday, the Spanish Union of Professionals and Self-employed Workers (UPTA), forms part of the European Federation of Independent Professionals (EFIP); an organisation that represents the interests of the more than 25 million self-employed Europeans. UPTA will represent Spain in the Federation, which includes organisations from countries such […]
Street Vendors leaders decries deteriorating situation on the ground
New Delhi – India: Calling the Municipal Bodies “shameless”, Street Vendor leaders from all the Municipal Bodies today expressed grave concern about the continued harassment and eviction of markets in Delhi. Intensity of issuing challans and confiscation of goods has increased considerably across all the Municipal Bodies despite orders issued by the new Government. The […]
