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Blow the whistle at FIFA President, Sepp Blatter- sign the petition now!
Here is a short film about FIFA and its negative impact on shanty town dwellers, on street vendors and on workers. If you click on the page, you can see the video and then also 'blow the whistle' at Sepp Blatter. Solidar is a Swiss based NGO linked to the trade union movement and we are pleased that they have decided to take up the issue of street vendors.
Please forward this to all your contacts as the goal is to get 50,000 people to 'blow the whistle'. They already have over 15,000 which is a great start!
Click on this link to view the video and sign the petition
Joburg refuses moratorium on confiscation of Street Traders` stock
In a meeting held last week Friday, Senior Johannesburg Metro Police Officer, who reluctantly gave his name as Isaac Peter Dlepho refused to have a moratorium on confiscation of street traders possessions as requested by SANTRA.
International Workers Day and the Plight of Informal Workers
International Workers’ Day, the First of May, is a celebration of the Global Workers’ Movement. For other work sectors, it is a day for the struggle for rights which have yet to be obtained eg street vendors or self-employed workers live and work under precarious conditions...
EVERY WORKING DAY IS A DAY OF STRUGGLE FOR INFORMAL WORKERS
"Care about the poor not just the profits" - Informal traders from Brazil urge FIFA
"Care about the poor not just the profits" - Informal traders from Brazil urge FIFA On the occasion of International Workers` Day, CUT-Brazil, StreetNet International and the Gaspar Garcia Centre for Human Rights calls on FIFA to keep its promise to identify "constructive" approaches to urban trading during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil Writing on the occasion of 1st May, StreetNet International, CUT –Brazil and the Gaspar Garcia Centre for Human Rights urge FIFA to keep its promise to identify "constructive" approaches to urban trading during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
StreetNet's New Year message – January 2012
We start 2012 with a renewed commitment to meeting the challenges of promoting and protecting the rights of street vendors, informal market vendors and hawkers around the world.
