StreetNet’s Programme In Nigeria
According to the StreetNet work plan for 2014, Sibailly Maximilien Douhouré, StreetNet organiser in Africa and Aaron A. Boima Secretary General of SLeTU, the StreetNet’s affiliate in Sierra-Leone , have just started a one week visit in Nigeria from July 13 to 17, 2014. The objective of this important trip is to interact with the […]
SINTRALOC, Chile New Focal Point Organisation of the Americas Region
The National Union of Independent Workers, Transport Hawkers and Allied Sectors – SINTRALOC,was founded on November 27th, 1987. Some of their objectives working are to ensure the welfare of its members and to fight for their interests at local and national level. Now it is also responsible for the coordination of regional affiliates in the […]
Belarusian Trade Union of Entrepreneurs "Vmeste" ("Together") held a protest action in the city of Vitebsk
In early June 2014, a significant part of all entrepreneurs of Vitebsk city markets stopped working for one day. They had a protest action day due to facing big problems regarding the implementation of the technical regulations of the Customs Union: from July 1, 2014 entrepreneurs of Belarus are under threat of confiscation of the […]
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ZAMBIA. Pondering solutions to Lusaka street vending. Zambia Daily Mail (22 June 2014) by Chimwemwe Mwale. INDONESIA. City, private firm to educate street vendors. The Jakarta Post (18 June 2014) by Corry Elyda. EGYPT. A ‘fair’ solution to street vendors is a necessity: Egypt’s PM. Ahram Online (18 June 2014). INDIA. Corpn starts count of […]
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USA. Street vendors weigh in on 2015 All-Star game restrictions. Fox 19 (6 July 2014) by Ben Katko. EGYPT. Survey analysis on street vendors. Daily News Egypt (6 July 2014). CHINA. Look: Guangzhou chengguan officers decide to go ‘gentle’ on street vendors. Shanghaiist in News (6 July 2014). INDIA. Odisha: BMC to streamline street vendors […]
StreetNet presentation to Plenary
Juliana Afari-Brown, Vice-President of StreetNet, will make an intervention in the plenary session of the ILC commenting on the opening address of the Director-General on labour migration. 5 June 2014 StreetNet is an international federation of 52 organisations of street vendors, informal market vendors and hawkers in 46 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia and […]
Azerbaijan Regional Workshop on Social Solidarity Economy
by Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Organizer On April 23 – 24, 2014, in the framework of the FLOW Project (Funding Leadership and Opportunities for Women), a fund that has been created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to improve the position of women in developing countries, Federation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan Xhidmat-ISH, […]
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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 […]
