Collective Struggle: UGTI (Colombia)
We recently chatted with Guillermo Giraldo, President of the Unión General de Trabajadores en la Economía Informal – UGTI (General Union of Informal Economy Workers), a national organization in Colombia that has managed to unite workers of the informal economy, working as street vendors, and challenge public policies. We wanted to discover more about their […]
Investments in social and labour protections needed for economic recovery
Organizations representing over 2.1 million informal workers from around the world call on governments to accelerate investments in worker protections as a central component of economic recovery plans.
Crowdfunding for women street vendors in Bangladesh: challenges and lessons learned
Repon Chowdhury, President of Labour at Informal Economy (LIE) – StreetNet affiliate in Bangladesh – was one of the participants of the capacity-building crowdfunding pilot project. Together with his team of five members, they developed the campaign Support vulnerable women street vendors in Bangladesh. We reached out to Repon to understand what were the challenges […]
Inspiring Workers: Jamaladdin Ismayilov
Jamaladdin Ismayilov, also known as Jamal, is the current StreetNet International Secretary. From his youth as an informal economy worker to becoming a trade unionist advocating for street and market vendors’ rights, Jamal has always remained a devoted family man with strong work ethics.
Luta Coletiva: UNICAB (Brasil)
“Enfrentar, resistir e persistir” A União Nacional de Trabalhadores e Trabalhadores Camelôs, Ambulantes e Feirantes do Brasil– UNICAB foi fundade em julho de 2015, depois de vários anos de luta de diversos militantes em várias cidades brasileiras. Para percebermos como a organização foi criada e de que forma impulsionou a luta dos vendedores ambulantes no […]
Collective Struggle: UNICAB (Brazil)
“To confront, to resist and to persist” The National Union of Hawkers, Street and Market Vendor Workers of Brazil – UNICAB was founded in July of 2015, after many years of struggle led by diverse activists in several Brazilian cities. To understand how the organization was created and how it boosted the struggle of street […]
StreetNet celebrates International Women’s Day 2021!
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Inspiring Workers: Angélique Kipulu Katani
Angélique Kipulu Katani is a current Member-Auditor of the StreetNet’s Executive Committee. She emerged as an accomplished women leader in the trade union movement and a fierce advocate for women’s rights in her home country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and beyond. Her main priority now is the defense of the rights of […]
Crowdfunding for women street vendors and their families in Ghana: challenges and lessons learned
Deborah Freeman is the current General Secretary of the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA), affiliated to StreetNet International. Along with her colleague Eric, she was one of the participants of the capacity-building crowdfunding pilot project. They developed the online crowdfunding campaign “Save the lives of women informal workers & their children: Support 1000 women […]
Sierra Leone Traders Union [SLeTU]: Using organizational structures to organize, inform and educate informal traders to respond to the coronavirus crisis
A conversation with Aaron A. Boima, National Secretary-General By: Vanessa Pillay (WIEGO)
