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SINGAPORE. "PM Lee launches $5m fund for Singaporeans to capture country’s heritage. INDIA. "Fighting for the right to vend on the street." KENYA. "High rent in Nairobi City pushes traders to the streets." CHINA. "China fruit vendor killing causes outrage." INDONESIA. "Street vendors reject move." PHILIPPINES. "Market vendors storm City Hall." RWANDA. "What second life […]
UPTA has constituted the National Federation of Street Traders in Madrid, aiming to dignify and professionalise their activities.
Madrid – In 2007, the year with the latest official statistics, there were a total of 181,567 market stalls, identifying, in communities higher than 300 residents, up to 2,854 markets that gave work to more than 150,000 people in Spain. Street trading is between 4 and 7% of the total retail trade in Spain. In […]
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AFGHANISTAN. "National Dialogue on Rights of Street Vendors." CNN iReport (13 July 2013) by Naweed Yousufi PHILIPPINES. "Caloocan gives vendors the ‘orange lanes’ to prevent traffic jams." Philippine Daily Inquirer (14 July 2013) by Nathaniel R. Melican INDONESIA. "Jokowi wants subordinates to relocate street vendors." The Jakarta Post (13 July 2013) by Corry Elyda and […]
Lack of response from EThekwini Municipality regarding requests for better service delivery and working conditions for Informal traders
On June 26, over a thousand informal traders marched to protest against Ethekwini municipality for better service delivery and working conditions for informal traders. Ubumbano Traders Alliance delivered a memorandum to the Mayors Office on behalf of the informal traders. Ubumbano and Phillip Sithole from the Business Unit agreed to have a meeting. This has […]
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INDIA. "Demand for nat’l policy on urban street vendors" Assam Tribune (30 June 2013) MALAYSIA. "Motorists avoid peaceful rally and traders do business despite new ruling." The Star Online (30 June 2013) by R.S. N Murali and Allison Lai INDIA. "Bhubaneswar vending zones to be spic and span soon." Times of India (30 June 2013) […]
Municipal Corporation agrees to form committee of municipal authorities and street vendor leaders for regular interaction, initiate pilot projects in five areas marking yellow lines and digitalised survey of vendors before formation of TVC and Vending Zones
Anguished and enraged over the non-implementation of the 2004 National Policy for Street Vendors in Ludhiana and the continuing harassment and eviction of street vendors, the National Association of Street Vendors of India {NASVI) and its affiliate Ludhiana Rehri Fadi Federation on Monday launched agitation demanding early formation of Town Vending Committee (TVC) with forty […]
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ZAMBIA. "Street vendors will not go back to streets after UNWTO, Masebo assures." Lusaka Times (23 June 2013) INDIA. "Street vendors to protest against MC on June 24." Indian Express (22 June 2013) BOTSWANA. "Maun Clean up campaign ruin street vendors." The Voice BW (21 June 2013) INDIA. "Market shed for women street vendors." Times […]
Informal traders march to protest against EThekwini Municipality for better service delivery
This Wednesday, June 26, a thousand two hundred informal traders marched to protest against Ethekwini municipality for better service delivery. The march started from the Botanical Gardens and then proceeded to the City Hall, where a memorandum was given to the office of the Mayor. The march was supported by Ubumbano Traders Alliance (Ubumbano) and […]
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INDIA. "Street vendors union demands 100 vending zones." Times of India (15 June 2013) UK & SINGAPORE. "Street food, Singapore-style: a model worth copying?" NDTV Cooks (12 June 2013) by Richard Johnson via The Guardian INDIA. "Street vendors threaten protest." Indian Express (12 June 2013)
Market vendors from Ukrainian capital demand re-election of municipality
Kyiv City Organisation of the Free Trade Union of Entrepreneurs of Ukraine in the coalition of other organisations actively participated in the preparation and conduction of the protest action against the usurpation of power in the city of Kiev and the whole country. On June 2, despite the heavy rain, around 1500 people attended the […]
