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NEPAL. Efforts to relocate street vendors hamstrung by lack of data. My Republica (10 May 2014). TANZANIA. MPs plead for hawkers, ‘mama lishe’ vendors. Daily News (9 May 2014). INDIA. HC tells govt to form panel for protecting street vendors. TNN (6 May 2014). USA. Street vendors try again to sell cooked food from pushcarts. […]
Decent Work Day – 1 May 2014, ILO statement
Tens of thousands of people in Cambodia and around the region are coming together today to mark May 1st. Their aspirations and concerns are legitimate and based on unquestionable universal values. They firmly and rightly believe that quality of work and the respect for fundamental principles and rights at work are a source of personal […]
Sadness, Grief, and Uncertainty… Millions lost with huge fire in the Terminal Market, Guatemala City
GUATEMALA CITY. The largest wholesale market in Central America, with over 4,500 tenants, was largely destroyed by a devastating fire on 25 March 2014, shattering the lives of thousands of self/employed vendors and their families. It is estimated that about 3,000 people visit it daily since it is possible to find variety of products and […]
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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. Street vending gets city OK. Trinidad Express Newspapers (30 March 2014) by Camille Bethel. INDIA. Must bring in reforms in police structure: Rahul Gandhi. Firstpost (30 March 2014). KUWAIT. Hawkers, Residency Law Violators Among 102 Detained. Arab Times (29 March 2014). NEPAL. Govt ignored us, say street vendors. Kathmandu Post (26 March […]
"Transitioning from the Informal to Formal Economy" Africa Regional Consultation Workshop – A way forward for Informal workers
The African Regional Consultation Workshop was held on the 13 -14 March at the COSATU house in Johannesburg. The intention of the workshop was to prepare informal workers on the discussions that will take place at the International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in May-June this year. The workshop was organised […]
Miranda Mandaria discusses women`s rights in informal sector of Georgia
Ms. Miranda Mandaria, the chairwoman of Self-Employed and Commercial workers union and GTUC Woman Network Coordinator, Eter Matureli discuss women`s rights in the program “geography of labor”. They talk about the difference between the public sector employed woman and their labor rights and the informal sector employed woman labor rights. Although the changes which were […]
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EGYPT. The Street Vendors’ Capital. Asharq Al-Awsatt (2 March 2014) by Moataz Abdel Moneim. INDONESIA. Street vendor relocation back to square one. Jakarta Post (1 March 2014). INDIA. The Street Vendors Bill. Opportunities and Challenges. EPW (28 February 2014) by Nita Mathur. KENYA. Kenya: Hawkers to Be Resettled in Three Major Markets. All Africa (28 […]
Solidarity with members FUTRAND, Venezuela
Message from StreetNet President – Oscar Silva To all members of our affiliate in Venezuela, we express our solidarity with FUTRAND at this difficult time. Through the experiences collected from our sector worldwide, we know that street vendors and market vendors are often between "two fires" and they are the most vulnerable to situations of […]
The CSA statement on the situation of violence in Venezuela
The Trade Union Confederation of Workers of the Americas (CSA), in light of the climate of violence in recent days in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, expresses the following: 1. We condemn the spiral of violence and regret the deaths and injuries caused during demonstrations and other scenarios in which the conflict has escalated. We […]
