New manifesto campaign to help improve working conditions of Street Vendors
13 July 2012 The StreetNet affiliate, the Tanzanian Union of Industrial and Commercial Workers (TUICO) has started to implement the New Manifesto campaign. The organisation has drafted a new policy on informal economy workers and set up a 10-person task force on the informal economy. TUICO has identified 12 markets which will be surveyed for […]
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INDIA. “2,000 Vendors to Lose Biz Space on Eight Roads.” Daily Bhaskar (8 July 2012) GHANA. “CSOs Thwarting AMA’s Efforts to Enforce Law on Selling on Pavements.” Ghana News Agency (6 July 2012) INDIA. “Corporators to Identify Hawkers Zone.” Times of India (4 July 2012) LIBERIA. “Seeking Economic Survival, Vendors Flood Streets Again.” Daily Observer […]
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Vendors from Peru in South America and their counter parts from Malawi are embarking on a business co-operation that will enable the two sides to work on mechanisms that will improve their business in both countries. Read more…
Chairwoman from FTUEU injured during a Law on Language protest in Kyiv
Ms Valyntyna Korobka, Chairwoman of Free Trade Union of Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (FTUEU) was elected at the Founding conference of the FTUEU based on her history of activism and her desire for justice. On the 3 July 2012, Ukrainian Parliament adopted a Law “On languages” which was the main cause for members of opposition parties […]
Accident robs ZCIEA of its two members
ZCIEA loses two of their members in a tragic accident
The Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Association (ZCIEA) 1st Deputy President, Mrs Beauty Mugijima and National Information and Publicity Officer Mr Benjamin Muvhami Moyo passed away on the 4th June when their vehicle was involved in a head on collision with a haulage truck along Harare – Masvingo road in Zimbabwe. The accident occurred when […]
Street Vendors win appeal over revoked street licenses in São Paulo – Brazil
3 July 2012 Last Wednesday, June 27, the special body of the São Paulo Justice Court, comprising of 25 judges, overturned the injunction of the president of the court, Judge Ivan Sartori, who had revoked all the street vending licenses of São Paulo city, arguing that the street vendors represent a threat to the public […]
Radio Summit program which aired during the Rio+20 Summit
Blow the whistle at FIFA President, Sepp Blatter – sign the petition now!
Blow the whistle at FIFA President, Sepp Blatter – sign the petition now! Here is a short film about FIFA and its negative impact on shanty town dwellers, on street vendors and on workers. If you click on the page, you can see the video and then also ‘blow the whistle’ at Sepp Blatter. Solidar […]
STREETNET addresses the adversities faced by informal workers and their rights at International Labour Conference
11 June 2012 StreetNet, an international federation of 48 organisations of street vendors, informal market vendors and hawkers in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Eastern Europe, representing 501 178 paid-up members, wishes to acknowledge work done by the ILO to promote policies for decent work, including in relation to workers in the informal economy, since […]
