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Evenements SATUCC – STREETNET JOINT WORKSHOP ORGANISING WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY 2 – 5 October 2008 to be held at Booysens Hotel, Johannesburg DRAFT PROGRAMME Wednesday 1 October: Participants arrive and check in Day 1 (Thursday 2 October) 14h00 – 16h00 REGISTRATION 16h00 – 19h00 Opening session – facilitator: Elias Mashasi OPENING ADDRESS Lucia Matibenga President, SATUCC GUEST SPEAKER Membathisi Mdladlana (tbc) South African Minister of Labour Participants introduce themselves and their organisations - incl. brief description of their work in informal economy 19h00 D I N N E R Day 2 (Friday 3 October) Comparison of organising strategies 7h00 B R E A K F A S T Facilitator: Mike Chungu 8h30 Pioneers organising workers in the informal economy SEWA – video presentation Ghana TUC and all its affiliates – presentation 9h30 DISCUSSION 10h30 B R E A K 11h00 SADC trade unions – presentation of 4 different examples Tanzania – extension of trade union scope (TUICO) Mocambique – establishment of informal organisation (direct affiliation) OTM-CS and ASSOTSI Zambia – independent informal organisation (associate membership) ZCTU and AZIEA Zimbabwe – establishment of informal organisation (MOU) ZCTU and ZCIEA 12h00 DISCUSSION 13h00 L U N C H Facilitator: Pat Horn 14h30 GROUP WORK – Activity 2 1. Recruiting strategies - realising right to organise in practice - establishing freedom of association in practice 2. New collective bargaining strategies - for decent work for informal workers 3. Services for informal workers 15h30 B R E A K 16h00 Plenary report-back – Activity 2 contd. DISCUSSION 19h00 S U P P E R
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