Representatives of small businesses of Moldova threaten authorities with protest actions
13 June 2016 Representatives of small Business Association demand from the authorities to introduce a special (fixed) tax for small businesses and to declare from January 1, 2017 a 10-year moratorium on any changes in legislation which relates to promotion of small businesses. They claimed, in case their demands are not taken into account by […]
5th Congress of Unión de Profesionales y Trabajadores Autónomos (UPTA) elects new leadership
7 June, 2016 The Fifth Congress of UPTA approved the Comprehensive Plan for the recovering of Self-Employment (Plan Integral para la Recuperación del Trabajo Autónomo- PIRTA) which includes an ambitious goal of generational replacement in the group. On May 19, UPTA, Affiliate of StreetNet International from Spain successfully held its fifth Congress. Pepe Álvarez, General […]
Wisborn Malaya, Regional Focal Point Coordinator talks about his experience and challenges in the East & South African Region
Wisborn Malaya, General Secretary of Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA) who is also a Coordinator of StreetNet Regional Focal Point for East & South African Region acquaints us with main challenges and concerns related to his activity as a RFP Coordinator. StreetNet International in its structure has four Regional Focal Points (RFPs) a […]
New Municipality Plan to relocate street vendors in El Salvador
Jose Herminio Díaz, FESTIVES Secretary General, a StreetNet Affiliate from El-Salvador introduces current changes for the street traders in his country. The Municipality Plan to reorder the city was launched on 20 April. The municipality said that vendors who were in the near of the National Palace will be relocated. Besides that, vendors of Plaza […]
StreetNet marks International Workers’ Day – 1 May, 2016
Happy International Workers’ DAY! International Workers Day, also known as Labour Day – is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on the 1st May! StreetNet Affiliates around the world mark this Day every year in different ways: from holding meetings to […]
StreetNet holds Negotiations and Strategy Course for the ZCIEA leaders in Harare, Zimbabwe
By Sibailly Douhoure, StreetNet Organizer StreetNet’s affiliate in Zimbabwe, ZCIEA benefited from a negotiations and strategy course which strengthened its capabilities and will help them in negotiations with the local municipal authorities in Harare and Chitungwiza. The activity was conducted in the framework of the project, financed by the Solidarity Center AFL-CIO. Twenty leaders in […]
Training Workshop on Organising from the Bottom up
By Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Organiser On the 23-25 and 28-30 March 2016, StreetNet International and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), jointly ran a training workshop on organising from the bottom up for syndicates of workers in the informal economy in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City respectively. The workshop fell within the framework […]
STREETNET Americas affiliates contribute to important book
By Lauro Morillo Eleven organisations affiliated to StreetNet Americas, have written on their experiences in a book published by Trade Union Confederation of Americas (TUCA), International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Bureau for Workers´ Activities (ACTRAV-ILO). TUCA, ITUC and ACTRAV-ILO published the book Experiencias Sindicales de Formalización Mediante Organización Sindical y Diálogo Social en […]
NASVI National Workshop on Town Vending Committee in New Delhi, India
On March 14, 2016, National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), StreetNet Affiliate, held a National Workshop on Town Vending Committee (TVC) in New Delhi, India. The objectives of the workshop were: to review progress on Street Vendors Law with special focus on provisions of Town Vending Committee, its functioning, role and status in […]
68 Comrades of Sindicato Unificado de Locatarios de Mercados de Honduras and FOTSSIEH lost their stalls and mechandises in a fire
Vilma Arévalo, Treasurer of FOTSSIEH, informed StreetNet that on March 2nd, approximately at 3:30 a.m. Honduras Time, a fire in the market of Barrio El Centro started. According with the firefighters report a reheating cable problem would be the posible cause. In less than 30 minutes, the fire consumed 68 stalls and merchandises of 49 […]
