Ukrainian trade union leader, Valentyna Korobka assaulted
StreetNet International expresses their concern about Ukrainian leader, Sister Valentyna Korobka who has on a number of occasions been assaulted verbally and physically due to her active civic position and trade union activity in Ukraine. Last Friday, 7 February 2014, an unknown male attacked Valentyna Korobka, who is the Chairwoman of the Free trade union […]
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INDIA. Rahul meets street vendors, says he’ll empower them. CNN-IBN (2 February 2014). INDIA. Survey on street vendors in Haryana. Press Trust of India (2 February 2014). USA. Street Vendors Protest Being Booted from NFL’s Super Bowl Blvd. DNAInfo New York (1 February 2014) by Tanay Warerkar. PHILIPPINES. Estrada replaces Divisoria’s ‘source of corruption’ with […]
Overview of SEWA in Madhya Pradesh and their activities
Self – Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) MP has been working in Madhya Pradesh since 1985, and has been recently working in 19 districts of state with more than 6 lakh unorganised sector woman workers. They are working with construction workers, street vendors, home based workers (beedi rollers, agarbatti rollers, garment workers etc.), forest workers, agricultural […]
Trade Union Supports the Workers Dismissed from "Embawood"
The former workers of the furniture salon, Embawood spoke on the company’s illegal practices and protested release from their employment positions through blatant violations of contract conditions and simply firing them without any form of notification. According to Nona Saghareishvili, the lawyer defending the worker’s case, work conditions at Embawood are inhumane and in violation […]
Hard-hit vendors plead for help
Vendors affected by the political crisis want all sides to compromise and solve problems, which they say people like them did not start. The food hawkers and street vendors around the Energy Ministry have complained that their income has slowed to a trickle since the compound came under siege by anti-government protesters two weeks ago. […]
StreetNet International and its Mission with South Korean Affiliate – KOSC (Korean Street Vendors Confederation)
By Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Organiser for Europe & Asia On 12-17 January StreetNet delegates embarked on a trip to South Korea. Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Organiser for Europe and Asia and Sibailly Maximillien Douhoure, StreetNet Organiser for Africa/Educator had a successful visit to KOSC. They were sent to South Korea to improve communications between StreetNet and […]
Traders threaten chaos over vendor’s killing
By LALI VAN ZUYDAM South Africa (Pretoria)- Hawkers in the city centre have given the City of Tshwane until Friday to meet their demands or they will make the city “ungovernable”. This threat comes almost a week after one of their own, 20-year-old fruit vendor Foster Rivambo, from Saulsville, was shot on Bosman Street, allegedly […]
Police crack down on street vendors in DR Congo
Authorities in Kinshasa have launched a crackdown on street vendors who sell their wares along the capital’s avenues. Though this was presented as a "pedagogical" operation, police ended up destroying and burning stalls on Wednesday morning. One of our Observers filmed them in action. Launched on December 11, this operation is part of a citywide […]
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INDIA. "Biometric cards for hawkers soon." Times of India (20 December 2013) CONGO. "Police crack down on street vendors in DR Congo." France24 (20 December 2013). SOUTH AFRICA. "Hawkers, Joburg still at odds despite court ruling." Business Day Live (20 December 2013) by Khulenkani Magubane. INDIA. "Street vendors try to storm Assembly." E-Pao (18 December […]
StreetNet International delegation’s mission to Southeast Asia
By Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Organiser On December 1-8, 2013 StreetNet International sent a delegation of five people to South East Asia (Mekong region) – to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. With assistance of OXFAM Belgium in Laos and in Vietnam, the agenda for StreetNet delegation was successfully implemented. To expand StreetNet presence in the Mekong region, […]
