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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.

We are hiring: Admin And Finance Assistant

November 17, 2021

Street vendor violently attacked in Accra, Ghana, struggles to pay medical bills to treat injuries inflicted by local authorities

October 18, 2021

STATEMENT BY UNION OF INFORMAL WORKERS’ASSOCIATIONS (UNIWA) OF TUC (GHANA)

The Right to the City and informal economy workers in public spaces

October 5, 2021

Inspiring Workers: Jeanette Nyiramasengesho

September 10, 2021

Learning about social dialogue for street vendors in Azerbaijan

August 3, 2021

Meet our Youth Reporters on the Ground!

Azerbaijan Brasil Democratic Republic of Congo El Salvador Guinea Lesotho Rwanda South Africa Uganda Zimbabwe

The ILO International Labour Conference 2021: Why StreetNet stood for social security for all?

July 5, 2021

Collective Struggle: FIWON (Nigeria)

May 27, 2021

Inspiring Workers: Kumar Sapkota

May 19, 2021

We are launching a crowdfunding training program!

May 4, 2021

Crowdfunding for women street vendors in Bangladesh: challenges and lessons learned

April 13, 2021

Inspiring Workers: Jamaladdin Ismayilov

April 5, 2021

Luta Coletiva: UNICAB (Brasil)

March 29, 2021

Collective Struggle: UNICAB (Brazil)

StreetNet celebrates International Women’s Day 2021!

March 8, 2021

Inspiring Workers: Angélique Kipulu Katani

Democratic Republic of Congo

March 3, 2021

Crowdfunding for women street vendors and their families in Ghana: challenges and lessons learned

Sierra Leone Traders Union [SLeTU]: Using organizational structures to organize, inform and educate informal traders to respond to the coronavirus crisis

February 22, 2021

Inspiring Workers: Annie Diouf

February 17, 2021

Crowdfunding for women street vendors in Rwanda: Challenges & Lessons Learned

February 1, 2021

3 things you should know about violence against women street vendors – and how to combat it

January 28, 2021

Inspiring Workers: Alberto Santana

Dominican Republic

January 4, 2021

Tribute to an unforgettable comrade, Fundile Jalile

December 11, 2020

5th International Congress in India Group Picture

Collective Struggle: the foundation of StreetNet International

November 8, 2020

Why invest in online workers’ education?

November 5, 2020

What COVID-19 teaches us about the Right to the City of street vendors?

October 12, 2020

Inspiring Workers: Lorraine Sibanda

October 5, 2020

6 months of pandemic: StreetNet’s response to COVID-19

September 16, 2020

Country Snapshot: India’s loan scheme for street vendors

August 31, 2020

Country Snapshot: The basic emergency income policy in Brazil

August 4, 2020

Informal traders are not criminals: stop police violence in Zimbabwe!

July 29, 2020

2 Billion Strong: Recovery Starts with Us!

July 16, 2020

Women’s leadership, COVID-19 and informal economy workers

July 6, 2020

COVID-19 and the World’s Two Billion Informal Economy Workers

May 22, 2020

STREETNET INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19

March 24, 2020

14th of November: International Day of Street Vendors!

November 14, 2019

SOLIDARITY STATEMENT WITH IMMIGRANT TRADERS IN SOUTH AFRICA

September 4, 2019

StreetNet position on the “Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work”

June 5, 2019

6th StreetNet International Congress 2019! Unity is Our Strength!

April 1, 2019

African Trade Unions: Time for change!”

February 21, 2019

StreetNet achievements 2018 and strengthening affiliates

Kyrgyzstan Liberia Sierra Leone

December 25, 2018

Regional Workshop on direct negotiations of informal economy workers in Vietnam

December 21, 2018

StreetNet Activity with International Federation of Workers’ Education Association (IFWEA)

December 20, 2018

Welcome FETTEI-CI!! A new organization of West Africa joined StreetNet family!

December 17, 2018

BUILDING WORKERS’ POWER – CHANGE THE RULES!

December 10, 2018

Social Protection for Informal Economy Workers in Zambia: Where We Are?

November 21, 2018

Field Trip to Central America to reaffirm solidarity

Costa Rica Honduras Nicaragua

November 19, 2018

Negotiations Skills training follow up workshop for SLeTU from Sierra Leone

November 15, 2018

Breaking New Ground in Liberia

Presidential Jobs Summit – from the perspective of workers in the informal economy

November 12, 2018

Negotiations Skills Course for workers of informal economy in Honduras

November 5, 2018

Bangladesh Affiliate from field visit lenses

November 2, 2018

The Federation of Petty Traders and Informal Workers Union of Liberia – FEPTIWUL celebrates its new achievement

October 31, 2018

FAINATRASIT holds its Ordinary Congress

September 12, 2018

A Journey Towards Empowering Women Street Vendors

August 24, 2018

Informal economy in Mozambique as a determining part of the country’s development

August 21, 2018

We say goodbye to comrade Eugenio Rodriguez of Honduras

August 15, 2018

Strategic Planning and Moving Further

August 14, 2018

Newly approved StreetNet Regional Focal Points for Asia and Europe

August 13, 2018

Implementation of ILO Recommendation 204 in South Africa

August 10, 2018

StreetNet Participation in the 107th Session of the International Labour Conference

August 8, 2018

Training Workshop on Negotiations Skills and Strategy Course for Members of the Sierra Leone Traders Union (SLeTU)

July 20, 2018

The Voice for the Voiceless

February 27, 2017

Moving forward with new StreetNet International Council

January 31, 2017

Draft outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III)

January 20, 2017

ZCIEA response to Inter-Ministerial banning of Fruit and Vegetables Vendors due to Typhoid Outbreak

January 10, 2017

Happy New Year 2017!!!

January 3, 2017

Ukrainian small entrepreneurs ask to stop violence and to let them work to feed their families!

December 30, 2016

Strengthening our internal organizational democracy

December 13, 2016

Streetnet holds successful Regional Workshop in LAOS

December 6, 2016

Streetnet International President’s Message on International Vendors Day (14 November 2016)

November 14, 2016

"Sustaining current struggles to end destruction of informal homes and livelihoods and establish a credible vendors/government negotiation structure in Lagos, Nigeria"

October 24, 2016

5th StreetNet International Congress in the eyes of Admin team "A remarkable moment for StreetNet International"

October 14, 2016

El Salvador – Con diálogo negociación todos ganamos

September 28, 2016

12th Southern Africa Civil Society Forum and StreetNet-SATUCC Regional Workshop on the implementation of ILO Recommendation 204 on “Transitions from the informal to the Formal Economy”

September 26, 2016

12th Southern Africa Civil Society Forum Commission 6: Transition from informal to formal economy

September 22, 2016

Hard efforts of street vendors in Rwanda lead to positive outcomes

September 18, 2016

Negotiations and Strategy course for the organizers and leaders of street vendors and informal markets workers

August 25, 2016

Komi Kessouagni: "There is a need to reinforce the StreetNet Regional Focal Point and its responsibility regarding the affiliates"

August 23, 2016

“No city can be inclusive, equitable and sustainable without the inputs from the informal workers!”

August 16, 2016

AZIEA shows the way to monitoring levy-collection in Zambia

August 12, 2016

Promoting labour rights of Workers in the Informal Economy in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras

Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras

August 11, 2016

Informal economy in Georgia: challenges and opportunities

July 22, 2016

“Cruel Treatment Of Street Vendors” In Colombia

July 21, 2016

Aaron A Boima, National Secretary-General of SLeTU, shares some history and thoughts on ILO Recommendation 204

July 14, 2016

Statement: SAITA to host a National Day of Action march!

July 11, 2016

New Urban Agenda and perspectives for the street vendors in HABITAT III Conference

June 28, 2016

IFWEA Meeting of the Executive Committee to discuss its Strategic Plan and Education Program

June 17, 2016

Representatives of small businesses of Moldova threaten authorities with protest actions

June 13, 2016

5th Congress of Unión de Profesionales y Trabajadores Autónomos (UPTA) elects new leadership

June 8, 2016

Wisborn Malaya, Regional Focal Point Coordinator talks about his experience and challenges in the East & South African Region

June 3, 2016

New Municipality Plan to relocate street vendors in El Salvador

May 26, 2016

StreetNet marks International Workers’ Day – 1 May, 2016

May 23, 2016

StreetNet holds Negotiations and Strategy Course for the ZCIEA leaders in Harare, Zimbabwe

May 4, 2016

Training Workshop on Organising from the Bottom up

April 29, 2016

STREETNET Americas affiliates contribute to important book

Chile Colombia Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Venezuela

April 11, 2016

NASVI National Workshop on Town Vending Committee in New Delhi, India

March 31, 2016

68 Comrades of Sindicato Unificado de Locatarios de Mercados de Honduras and FOTSSIEH lost their stalls and mechandises in a fire

March 29, 2016

“The City We Want” Campaign launched in South Africa

March 22, 2016

Greetings from StreetNet International Vice-President on the occasion of International Women’s Day

March 10, 2016

Belarusian entrepreneurs are fighting for their rights, demanding the cancellation of the Decree № 222

February 23, 2016

Xidmat-ISH educates youth of Azerbaijan on the drug addiction issue and its consequences

Cities Alliance Liberia Programme Inception Workhop, 22-24 February 2016

February 5, 2016

First visit of Rwanda Kenya exchange visit

February 2, 2016

FTUEU discusses a newly adopted ILO Recommendation 204

January 14, 2016

Cambodian Trade Unions oppose adoption of a new Trade Union Law

December 10, 2015

Repressions towards unions and Street vendors in South Korea

November 24, 2015

Online crowd funding – a new experiment of StreetNet International

November 2, 2015

StreetNet affiliate from Azerbaijan helps street vendors in villages and promotes ILO Recommendation 204

October 19, 2015

Free Trade Unions of Ukraine marked a World Day for Decent Work

October 12, 2015

Nothing for us Without Us !!

September 28, 2015

Cooperation between Solidarity Center & Streetnet International: Programme launch in Tanzania and Zimbabwe

Tanzania Zimbabwe

September 23, 2015

NATIONAL WORKSHOP TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF FAINATRASIT IN TOGO

August 31, 2015

South Africa celebrates National Woman’s Day – 9 August

August 10, 2015

Country Programme in Liberia

August 6, 2015

Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204)

July 22, 2015

FTUEU holds protest action in Kyiv to oppose imposing of cash register machines

July 9, 2015

SYTRIECI, a new African Organisation, accepted as part of the StreetNet International Family

June 29, 2015

International Labour Organization adopts historical labour standard to tackle the Informal Economy

June 19, 2015

Disappointing setback for marginalised workers in informal economy

June 4, 2015

International Labour Organisation to address the future of the Informal Economy

June 3, 2015

STREETNET/SATUCC inputs into the proposed ILO recommendation on “Transitions from Informal to Formal Economy”

May 29, 2015

NASVI relief Lorry reaches NEPAL

May 22, 2015

StreetNet launches New Manifesto Campaign in Eastern Europe

May 13, 2015

NewsBox

May 5, 2015

IDEA celebrates May Day

May 4, 2015

The World celebrates International Workers Day

April 30, 2015

Solidarity with our comrades, the people of Nepal

April 29, 2015

Brazillian Campaign against the criminalisation of informal traders

April 28, 2015

StreetNet launches New Manifesto and hosts Social Solidarity Workshop

April 24, 2015

Xhidmat-ISH hosts Capacity Building Workshop

April 17, 2015

Lift the cap on NYC’s street vendors

April 10, 2015

NewsBox

April 1, 2015

UPTA reinforces its European presence with integration into the European Federation of Independent Professionals (EFIP)

March 27, 2015

Street Vendors leaders decries deteriorating situation on the ground

March 20, 2015

Moldova-Business-Sind holds Social Solidarity Economy Workshop

March 10, 2015

History of International Women’s Day – Past and Present

March 6, 2015

Dialogue Starts between Self-employed Workers and Political Forces

February 26, 2015

Nayib Bukele did not attend the informal vendors’ forum

February 20, 2015

Invitation to a Forum

February 16, 2015

Township wars — the myth and mayhem

February 13, 2015

NewsBox

NASVI to host Street Food Festival in 2015

February 6, 2015

Flash Floods continue to create havoc in Malawi

December 19, 2014

Commissioner promises not to issue challan and harass street vendors

Marginalised Workers in South Asia demand for Transformative Social Protection

Court Order restores hope for the implementation of Vending Act

December 12, 2014

Trade union leader of Ukrainian entrepreneurs, Valentine Korobka assaulted again!

December 5, 2014

Federation of Trade Unions Xhidmat-ISH opposes any form of violence against women

December 3, 2014

Message from FEDEVAL

November 28, 2014

South Korean Street Vendors demand for the District Office of Seoul to stop crackdown and violence towards traders

November 19, 2014

Street Vendors deplores Continuous Harassment by Municipal Bodies and Police Authorities at CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

Celebrating International Street Vendors Day 2014

November 14, 2014

StreetNet host workshops with Informal Workers in Eastern Cape, South Africa

November 7, 2014

Jobs hypocrisy: Politicians kill opportunity with limits on street vendors

October 31, 2014

Informal workers demand recognition

October 24, 2014

Own-Account workers in Nicaragua are grateful for the recognition of their rights

October 17, 2014

World Day for Decent Work: Message from President of Streetnet International – Mr Oscar Silva

October 7, 2014

Decent Work in the Informal Economy – 7th October

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