What does tax justice look like for street and market vendors?
What does tax justice look like for street and market vendors and in general for workers in the informal economy? Here are some critical considerations that can help guide a discussion.
Cash register machines in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: street and market vendors look for the right solution
The wide introduction of mandatory cash registers for street and market vendors must take into account the workers’ interests. Such policies should include simplification of administrative procedures, favorable tax system and financial support with purchase and administration of cash registers.
3 reasons why data is power for street and market vendors
In this article we analyze three main methodological questions that arise when worker movements try to leverage numbers, statistics and data analysis to improve their material conditions and why data is power for street and market vendors.
The Zimbabwean government evicts informal economy workers in a new wave of violence against its citizens
Evictions of informal traders on a mass scale are happening in various provinces. Our affiliate ZCIEA is organizing against this wave of state violence. StreetNet calls for an immediate stop to all evictions and for equitable negotiations.
Enhancing social dialogue and negotiation skills of informal economy workers in Cambodia
From 11th to 14th December we held a negotiation skills workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for our affiliate IDEA. The goal is to promote successful social dialogue between workers and authorities.
UNICAB Brasil consegue formalizar vendedores ambulantes em Porto Alegre
A UNICAB, afiliada da StreetNet no Brasil, protagonizou uma luta histórica por uma política de reconhecimento dos trabalhadores da economia informal. A Câmara Municipal de Porto Alegre aprovou o “Projeto de Lei 042/23”, que tem como base jurídica e política a Recomendação 204 da OIT.
UNICAB Brazil succeeds in formalizing street vendors in Porto Alegre
StreetNet’s affiliate in Brazil, UNICAB, has been the protagonist of a historic struggle for a policy for the recognition of workers in the informal economy, in the framework of ILO Recommendation 204.
Organizing and mobilizing informal economy workers in Europe and Central Asia
We organized a regional workshop for our Europe and Central Asia affiliates at the Central National Trade Union (CNSM) Institute of Labour in Chisinau, focused on “Organizing and mobilizing informal economy workers”.
Defending the rights of informal economy workers with disabilities: the case of UGSEIN in Niger
People with disabilities work in the informal economy, too. We were recently in Niger to discover the work of our affiliate UGSEIN who organizes over 500 workers with physical disabilities.
Organizing women street vendors in Burkina Faso
Women street vendors in Burkina Faso constitute the majority of workers in our sector. Our affiliate SYNAVFL organizes fruit and vegetable vendors across the country. We visited them in July 2023, and we learned more about their work on the ground.
