The Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare is to establish domestic workers service policy, to help in the monitoring of domestic work contracts and to improve their working conditions.
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) of Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) on Friday organised a day's workshop in Accra to build the capacity of its members on keeping the union strong through collective efforts.
Vegetable vendor Salma fights for the rights of the city's street vendors and has been jailed many times. Now the 26-year-old is going to an international conference in Brazil to speak about Indian domestic workers, labourers and hawkers.
Ela Bhatt, a longtime advocate for women in India, told students graduating from the School of Foreign Service (SFS) today that poverty is “a form of violence perpetuated with the consent of the society” that cannot be eradicated without empowerment.
The International Union of Food Workers has today passed a resolution of support from their Geneva Congress for Talley’s AFFCO workers who are locked out or on strike.
By and Rogério Daflon, Emanuel Alencar, Ludmila Curi.
In Rio, the transition started less than one year ago, with the decision of shutting down all the dumping sites (lixões). The goal of the state secretary of Environment is to shut down all the open-air dumping sites until July, this year.
The Ludhiana Street Vendors’ Federation was set up during a national convention of street vendors from different parts of the country at Punjabi Bhawan yesterday.
It’s the Saturday market in Istanbul’s Besiktas neighborhood. Yuksel Ozevin is singing about his pomegranates. Soft as compared with some of his colleagues. He says the new noise ordinance is ludicrous.
A body representing informal traders operating in the Johannesburg CBD is to apply to the high court for an urgent interdict to prevent the Metro police from confiscating trader’s stock.
The South African National Retail Alliance (SANTRA) has rubbished claims by the city of Johannesburg in a statement released on Tuesday evening claiming to have reached an agreement with informal traders.
Ela Bhatt, a longtime advocate for women in India, told students graduating from the School of Foreign Service (SFS) today that poverty is “a form of violence perpetuated with the consent of the society” that cannot be eradicated without empowerment.