Rutendo Mudarikwa and Marlese von Broembsen. 2024. From ‘Battles’ to Collective Agreements Between Street Vendors and Local Authorities in Zimbabwe. WIEGO Organizing Brief No. 17
This brief documents how street vendors in Zimbabwe, who are not recognized as workers by labour laws (and therefore do not enjoy collective bargaining rights), nevertheless pursue collective relations with the local authorities that control their workplace – public space – and determine their terms and conditions of work.
The Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA) used ILO Recommendation 204 Concerning the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy, which recognizes public space as a workplace, to pursue collective agreements with 19 local authorities.