Name	Objectives	Organising strategy & activities	Bargaining	Educating	Services provided	Org structure	Gender	Funding
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Adarsha Auto and Taxi Drivers Union		Key challenges: to get accident insurance raised, pursuade authorities and petrol cos to establish sufficient filling stations; develop a cooperative housing scheme for members; lobby govt to set up unorganised ( informal) sector board; get state insurance coveragve for all drivers. Key problems of workers: denial of state insurance facility, police harassment, long working hours and no holidays. Recruit by highlighting union achievements, providing service and taking up drivers' grievances with authorities, arranging loan facilities for vehicle financing,  organising interaction between transport authorities, police and members, social events, campaigns. Take up grievances and problems and many solved with union's intervention	With regional transport authorities and police - for proper parking places and against police harassment. Govt announced a scheme to provide accident relief.  Get loans for vehicles at lower interest rates.	Trade union awareness, HIV/Aids awareness, how to behave with passengers, explaining traffic rules and participating in road safety weeks	Union runs a credit cooperative to provide loans to members. Organises health check ups at VP campa in association with medical academy, rotary and lions clubs. Union provides 5000 rupees towards funderal expenses when member dies. Liaises with govt and banks for loans and subsidies for conversion to kits of LPG from petrol	10 unit level branches in city of Bangladore. 25 member exco with 17 Obs elected every 5 years. President, GS, 2 organising secs etc	60 women members	Membership dues and special donation for special campaigns and functions
African Council of Hawkers & Informal Business,  East London                       ACHIB
African Council of Hawkers & Informal Business, Uitenhage                          ACHIB
African Council of Hawkers & Informal Businesses, (HO) ACHIB		Formed in the 1980s, ACHIB started by successfully negotiating with the Johannesburg City Council for the rights of street vendors to trade in certain areas of the city. ACHIB spread to other cities around South Africa, and developed itself as a small business development organisation, raising funds from big business in joint ventures for small business development. ACHIB works closely with the Johannesburg-based Law        Review Project which has been brought into many municipalities as ACHIB's legal advisors to help frame street trade bylaws.  It often provides services for its members, such as a street vendors bank in KwaZulu-Natal which makes short-term credit available to street vendors, in partnership with  Richards Bay Minerals, which also initiated a very successful small business advice centre as a community initiative.  Other initiatives have been less successful. ACHIB applied to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) for affiliation, mainly because of the need for influence in economic policy-making and the need for international connections.	ACHIB deals with municipalities where it has members among the street vendors.  When the Licensing Act was still in operation in South Africa, ACHIB acted as an intermediary in many cities assisting its members to get licences.  They negotiated with municipalities for trading space for their members, as well as facilities such as storage space, preferring to secure the use of containers for their members to sub-lease storage space to other vendors.  ACHIB sometimes negotiates with municipalities on a bilateral basis and sometimes within forums of street traders organisations.Represents its members at all levels of Government;		Street vendor banks making credit available in some areasACHIB has the following to offer: Offers financial loans from R250 up to R18 000 through the Land Bank; Offers free legal aid and representation on business related matters only; Offers a membership card which gives members discounts at major whole salers and retail chain stores; Members Funeral Benefit Structure.	ACHIB's structures in different parts of South Africa vary. There does not always appear to be a common approach.   ACHIB has a national presence.
African Hawkers Association, Umtata  AHA
All India Beedi Cigar and Tobacco Workers Federation	Main objective: Socialism, Secularism, Democracy, peace and prosperity to all	Bidi industry is in danger because the MNC’s are now manufacturing mini cigarettes.·Present campaign: Against Globalization, Privatization, and Liberalization – For alternative development path based on mutual interrelations and equitable trade practice.Bidi industry is the only informal sector which has a law. - Minimum wages fixed in all the states of the nation - Bidi industry is able to achieve welfare scheme with tripartite negotiations	Negotiate for min wages, conditions			This federation works under the parent trade union AITUC, with 7,5 million. 60% of AITUC members are informal	90% women in bidi industry
All India Domestic Workers Association
All Japan Federation of Home Workers' Unions-KANAI-SOREN		Formed in 1960 by 13 unions with 3600 home workers. Federation has organized nationwide struggles for demands such as establishment of minimum wage system, enactment of Home Work law on the basis of the right to organize and collectively bargain, for social security, changes to tax laws and health, safety and  accident provision.
All Karachi Transport Workers Association
All Pakistan Trade Union Federation
Alliance for Zambia Informal Economy Associations  AZIEA	To protect and promote members interests, organize the unorganised etc. * To organise all associations engaged in the informal economy in Zambia * To promote a spirit of unity and solidarity among members * To negotiate for better working environment with local and central government. Vision: to promote the full recognition and protection of informal economy workers in community and national development.	Main strategy is to organise all IE workers into one formidable organization. Key challenges: Convincing govt of the need to have policies and laws that are favourable to IE workers and for the members the capacity to participate in national issues and improve their businesses. Key problems are non service provision in working places, nonparticipation in decision making processes, harassmetn by state and authorities, need for protection, recognition, representation anda friendly laws. Formed with the assistance of the Workers' Education Association of Zambia (WEAZ), supported by ZCTU. Organise campaigns; lobbying and advocacy with local and national government; negotiations; skills development and capacity building as well as  through education ( workshops and seminars), public meetings, demonstrations. Organizations apply to become members and we build and maintain membership by advocating, lobbying for members interests, providing education on understanding of the importance of belonging to a larger group and capacitating leadership, making sure member organizations subscribe to the rules of the alliance.	Negotiates on market levies, market facilities, street regulations and licences. Even though under the societies act ( registered here) there is no provision for an institutional forum for negotiatins, strive hard to force the authorities both police, local and central government to negotiate on issues affecting members. We lobby and advocate. Through negotiation we have achieved a reduction of market levies and rehabilitation of some market structures	Through partner organisation the Worker Education Association of Zambia we have a component of education in our action plan		National Executive Committee: Elvis Nkandu president; Johathan Zulu VP, Kashiwa Lameck GS, John Chilambe Vice GS, Bernard Tembo Treasurer, Eddie Lubunda Publicity Sec, Rodah Ngandwe, Mary Nalwimba, Smart Zulu, Rex Ngoma - 9 men, 2 women	M/ship 75% women, 25% men.Has policy of 50% women leadership/. This will be followed up during the coming convention as policy was approved by Exco after last convention.	Membership fee $1 per organisation                                  Donor  funding. Problems are lack of capacity of member organizations remitting what is due because of being in an infancy stage where l/ship of the orgs have not realised the importance of these subs. Secondly the affiliates have difficulties in getting subs from members.
Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (ATGWU)		Key challenges: Lack of proper employment policies/laws in country. Engaged in trying to recruit moto taxi drivers in Kampala. Using discussions on HIV to attract association leaders and get them to see what union can do. Organized small informal security firms and strategy is to try and formalize e.g. enforcing minimum wage		Provides union education		Elections for leaders every 5 years		Union dues
Asia Domestic Workers Network ADWN	Formation of an independent, self organised local domestic worker's organisation. In the longer term this could lead to a platform for an international network	Formed in 2004 with members from Philippines, Hong Kong, S. Korea, Thailand and Indonesia. Facilitated by CAW. Runs study tours, sharing of experiences. Plan a guide book on organising, start discussions on ILO Convention for domestic workers, collecting and publishing legal reform strategies.		Sharing experiences, study tours, plan an education manual on organising		First formal meeting held in October 2005 in Philipinnes where executive board members were elected. All are from domestic worker organisations or unions. CAW is acting as secretariat and  the network is seeking a full time paid person to run the secretariat.	All women	Donor funding
Asian Migrants Coordinating Body AMCB	Aims to uphold, protect and defend the rights and welfare of migrant and local workers against exploitation and oppression. It plays a leading role in advancing the rights and welfare of migrant workers, and is regularly consulted by government branches on policy and other matters in relation to foreign domestic workers and minority groups.	Majority of migrant workers in Hong Kong are domestic workers.It campaigns with affiliates for minimum wages/against wage cuts, and against unscrupulous recruitment and finance agencies. As a majority of migrant workers in Hong Kong are domestic workers- 98% women- its work is mainly with domestic workers. It is the biggest alliance of migrant workers in Hong Kong.					98% women members
ASMARE	To give better ways of suriving to the catadores.	Formed in 1988 from small group resisting confiscation of goods. With election of left mayer in 1993 began to make progress. ASMARE clears 500 tons of waste every month. Has two centres for waste separation.	In 1993 signed an agreement with local govt to collect material for city. Municipal law later giving preference to organisations and cooperatives to receive recycling materials.	Runs programme with Secretariate of Social Assistance which offers courses on recycled materials, facilitated by former street inhabitants now with permanent job with ASMARE
Asociacion 23 de junio de Trabajadores Autonomos	The common goal is to become united and to find solutions to their problems, particularly of migrant vendors from the rural areas of Quito.	The association is part of a network of indigenous organisations which include street vendor organisations (eg 20 de Noviembre, Andrea Perez, 24 de Mayo, 8 de Marzo, Las Calvas)  which have a membership of aprox 1000 street vendors.
Asociación de Meretrices Públicas del Uruguay, AMEPU
Asociación de Mujeres Meretrices de Argentina AMMAR	Its objectives are "To strengthen, trasmit and implement to our comrades policies of self respect, managing their own lives and autonomy, and above all make them conscious of gender and identity issues"	Formed 1994. Organised secretly at first so police did not hear of plans. Became part of the CTA (Central TU federation) in 1995. This gaved recognition and clout and helped combat police violence.Complaints made were signed by AMMAR and the federation. Want recognition of work as work, and access to social security and retirement benefits. Reached an agreement with the city hospitals for provision of health services to its members, inclusing pap tests, mammography, hepatitis vaccinations, HIV tests. It is a partner of the social services of the municipal government in distributing food parcels (from its office) as part of the municipality's Food Policy Program. It also runs a clothes dispensary for its more needy members. Reached agreement with the national register of inhabitants, to provide identity papers for its Argentine members who lost their, of had them stolen, or never had any. Gained access to the Women's Commission of Parliament, where it meets once a week with men and women deputies to discuss women's issues.  Secured an agreement with the Ministry of Labour for payment of unemployment benefits under a plan covering own-account worker.	Worked to repeal municipal codes in Buenos Aires and other cities. This was used by police to harass. This gave visibility to organisation. Have achieved official recognition from govt as valid participants in discussion on the sector	informal and participative workshops. With CTA initiated educ programmes. Went into communities, bars, universities and conducted training in sex edu, AIDS prevention.	distribution of condoms	The national executive committee is elected by the first assembly of sex workers, composed of eight sex workers and its work in Buenos Aires is supported by three social psycologists, a lawyer, voluntary workers, district delegate in each of the eight city districts. The executive committee members include a legal representative, treasurer, member responsible for human rights work, member reponsible for social action, and a secretary. AMMAR describes itself as a flat structure, democratic and pluralist.
Asociacion de Recicladores de Bogota, ARB
Asociación de Trabajadoras Autónomas "22 de Junio" de El Oro
Asociacion Feriantes de Ferias Especiales AFFE- Assocation of Vendors of Special Fairs		Have been involved in a consultation on the extension of social security benefits to street vendors and taxation. Internal discussions have been held on the issue of the contribution of taxes through the       Intersectoral Plenary of the Street Vendors of Uruguay (PIVCU).Have been involved in a consultation on the extension of social security benefits to street vendors and taxation. Internal discussions have been held on the issue of the contribution of taxes through the Intersectoral Plenary of the Street Vendors of Uruguay (PIVCU).
Asociacion Nacional de Recicladores ANR	educating Colombians on the social, economic and environmental benefits of recycling;  improving the working and living conditions of Colombian waste pickers.	In 1986, a programme supported and developed by the "Fundacion Social" (an NGO managed by a group of 14 enterprises) was launched. The basic principles of this programme are the rehabilitation of the scavengers' activities through the organization and development of sustainable initiatives.This programme organizes the "recicladores" in local associations, forms leaders, helps the "recicladores" to build or to get storage places, improves their working conditions through enhancement of their transportation means and quality control system. It also addresses social problems, such as child education, access to the social security system and the issues related to women. Addresses social needs such as child education, access to the social security system (medical assistance, pensions, etc) and issues related to women. Since 1986, ANR has benefitted 25,000 scavenger families in fifteen Colombian Municipalities. It has implemented facilities for storing the waste and has developed solid waste management systems within the communities. The process of organization, provision of equipment and use of appropriate technologies has resulted in a thirty percent increase in the revenue of the "recicladores." Social security has been made available and 'houses' have been provided in the main cities for the education of children, training or re-training of adults and as meeting centres.			A social system for waste collectors and other marginated groups has been setup by the ANR through local financing. At present, any waste collector family member can benefit from this social security system and has access to hospital, health care and pension funds. With the increase of critical mass, the system is becoming progressively self-financed.
Asociacion Sindical de Recolectores Independientes -ASRI
Asociaciones Unidas de Comerciantes de Pescados, Mariscos y Afines
ASOMOVAN	Their goal is to try and influence legislation and to overcome problems of migrant women street vendors	Organises women migrant street vendors from other countries such as San Salvador, Colombia, Guatemala. . The problems they are working to overcome are: * lack of permits or licences; *  the confiscation of merchnadise without respect for procedures * persecution by municipal police* delinquency and trafficking in their work sites * promotion of a negative image by the media * lack of support for street vendors in the form of health, education, housing and childcare * exploitation by by wholesalers and intermediaries * excessive work and the move from home to the street * lack of training in organisation, negotiation, administration, * lack of credit due to high interest rates and the difficult processes to obtain loans * public perception that vendors generate problems because they `block traffic, block pedestrian ways and the entries to stores, create problems for people's security and are a danger to public health.
Asosiacion de Migrantes Vendores Ambulantes de Costa Rica		Gives support to street vendors who are illegal immigrants; tries to assist vendors who are illegal immigrants some means of employment; supports displaced foreigners and less fortunate street vendors.	Holds meetings periodically (with authorities); tries to obtain work tools, and means of free distribution; legalisation of illegal immigrants.
Asosiacion de Mujeres Indigentas Tahuantinsuyo	* promote unity &solidarity among members * defend rights of women & the vulnerable; *urge the execution of development projects that benefit the members *promote empowerment *build moral, spiritual, economic & educational capacities of members * subscribe to  instiutions that work for the development of women and vulnerable groups. * support orde& control of nformal commerce by the appropriate authoritie * support the struggles of members and non-members who are street vendors	The association does training and provides small loans to its members. Enters into dialogues with the authorities and arrives at agreements. It has links with many organisations at the national level	Has arrived at agreement through dialogue with authorities.	Provides training	Provides small loans to members
ASSETAMORWA		Sees itself as a union in the informal economy. Achievements equipment and uniforms, training centre, anti aids club, saving and credit initiative, coop. Drivers rent motor cycles from owners.			Runs member cooperative- spare parts, petrol (see Syndicoop training book)
Associacao Guineense dos Retalhistas AGR or Guinea's Association of Traders	To develop the informal sector and the traders. To mobilise and provide information to its membes in areas of small business mgt.	Key challenges- disloyal participation, fight against diseases amongst the members. Key issues dealt with- mobilise all traders to adhere to the organisation because this is the organisation that represents their interests. Negotiates with relevant authorities to eliminate obstacles that hinder business growth; upon recruting its members they provide the organization with 2 ID photos and ID copy.	Organisation participates in collective negotiations with municipal authorities, department of revenue services and dept of commerce. Through negotiations organization has managed to secure agts such as- deal aiming at creating better working conditions and the reduction of customer duties and others.	Provide civic education and basic skills capacity	None	President, vice, GS, treasurers, advisory board, associates	Members 45% men and 55% women	Membership fees. Some difficulties in organising due to lack of financial assistance
Associacao para a Solidariedade e Ajuda Mtutual -Association for Solidarity and Mutual Help	Aims to serve the interests of people employed in the informal economy. Objectives : contribute to wards development of solidarity and mutual assistance of affiliates. Medical, old age, death and socio cultural. It hopes to: mobilise everyone, national/migrant interested in contributing to development of soidarity and mutual help; promots and organize memberss to improve std of living through medical, old age and funeral assistance; contribute to dignity & assist in intellectual, moral, technical, professional devel; create cooperation with national and international orgs.	Officially registered 13 May 2005. Main challenges to fight for equality, dignity and better life for members by making sure they have medical assistance, skills, and find suitable activities in spare time. Key strategy is to integrate workers in IE into the structures of the unions to increase m/ship and protect rights and interests. Recruitment done at work places and have strong links with unions in formal sector; maintains members by activities which reflect their reality- medical, entertainment, childrens activs, gatherings for reflection	No negotiations as majority are self employed. No collecive agts	Provides education , technical and skills development	Solidarity on death of family members. Assists with school materials, professional formation, IT formation. Provides finanacial assistance on death and old age	General Assembly, Board of Directors and Treasurer	Majority of members are women- 9743 women, 3474 men. Executive seems to be more male judging by names (cb)	Membership fees, donations, self generated projects, fund raising, loans. Faced with enormous fund raising problems - only 9 months old.
Association of the Indonesian Women Homeworkers -Himpunan Wanita Pekerja Rumahan Indonesia, HWPRI	To provide Social protection to women homeworkers, unionise women homeworkers, promote and maintain their dignity, promote visibility and recognition, build capacity	Programme activities include, organising, education and capacity building, skills training, marketing, networking			marketing	Members - those officially accepted by organising committee; candidate members registered but not met conditions of the org for membership. Structure-General Assembly - supreme authority, organizing committee- exco consisting of reps from regions. In every region a regional organizing committee elected by members; secretariat - implements programmes and activities agreed by members	All women
Association Pure Water		affiliated to SNTIN and pays subs to the union. Needs to address member need for micro finance and improve expertise in marketing and distribution, import/export.		SNTIN assists with training and capacity buildingUnion,
Associazone Nazionale Venditore Ambulantore  ANVA Confescerenti		Long standing union - started in 1947 and now has 180 branches.
ASSOTSI/Organiacao dos Operators e Trabalhadores do Sector Informal	Promotion and encouragement of unity within operators and workers in informal sector * Promotion and defence of their rights and interests * Contribute to organisation of the informal sector and improve the quality of services	.Has had exchnage visits with Swelf EmployedWomen's Union (SEWU) and Zambia National Marketeers' Assoc. (ZANAMA). Plans to expand and become a national organisation. Organises through workshops, meetings and one-one discussions. Meetings mainly held in markets.	Negotiates with municipality of Maputo on rights of informal market vendores. Is assisted by the OTM.	Holds workshops & through its affiliation to OTM receives training on e.g. financial management, negotiations			Around 50% of members are  women
AVACI	Defend the rights of street traders
Bangladesh Domestic Workers Association
Bangladesh Homeworkers Women Association BHWA (&  Homebased Trade Workers Union)	Focal point for Homenet Bangladesh. Motto " My Home, My Workplace" . Works for the economic and social development of underpriviledged homebased workers		Fought for registration as a trade union and succeeded. Affiliated to the textile Global Union. Engaged in campaigns for national policy , social protection and labour law reform	Provide skills building workshops for homebased workers- design, packaging and labelling	Participates in trade fairs and exhibitions  to help in  marketing of members' products and raising awareness of creative capabilities of the members.
Bapong Pag-asa Street Vendors Ass		Started organising in 1985 with 50 members. Registered as a street vendor association. Members secure a Carangay permit for P150 to operate their small business. Products sold are fruit and vegetables and dry goods. Problems encountered: There only a few active members (15)  paying their dues. It is possible some officers of the association are not transparent in terms of financial matters. Loans are secured from informal money lenders who charge very high interest, called the 5/6. Lack awareness of some of the laws regarding street vendor rights and networking skills to advoacte for their rights as workers and access financial and technical support from different government agencies..						The organisation collects daily membership dues from its members in the amount of P5.00 (P2.00 for maintaining cleanliness in the workplace and P3.00 for Carangay police to maintain peace and order) -  difficulties in getting members to pay dues.
Batasan Hills Vendors Association
Beijing Cultural Communication Center for Facilitators
Bhartity Viklang Kalyan Maha Samiti		Our committee will do possible activity in whole commissionary because there is not any street vendor union.	This organisation can  bargain easily because this organisation belongs to main route of railway station Simri Bakhtyarpur Jn. Saharsa (Bihar) in N.E.R.(India) Asia
Bombay Hawkers Union
Cambodia Prostitution Union (CWDA)
Cambodian Association for Informal Economy Development (CAID)	organizing transport workers, now open to variety of informal workers. Pay 1US$ per mth. Objectives- provide members with better qulity of life,business competitiveness by providing business skills, services provision , kj\job creation, skills tarining, advocacy &legal protection.
Cape Council of Hawkers & Informal Business, Nqele                               CACHIB		Merged with SASBA, and working in Nqeleni Municipal offices.
Cape Town Lower Deck Traders Association, Enclodek		The Cape Town Lower Deck Traders Association (Enclodek) was formed in June 1995 as a Closed Corporation responsible for managing a specific trading site, a model encouraged by the Cape Town City Council in line with its increased emphasis on privatisation.  Permanent traders in the area are entitled to buy a share in Enclodek,  Shares cost R500  and traders can only have one share each.  This would clearly exclude poorer traders.  Employees of shareholders have no voting rights.  From time to time a few trading spaces are allocated to disabled people or women's groups as part of the organisation's social responsibility.	The following issues have been addresses in negotiations between Enclodek and the Cape Town City Council: - security of tenure; - shelters; - condition of tables and changing rooms; - security guards for the trading area; - cleaning staff and rubbish bins; - staffing of storage areas; - availability of the market manager of the area; - marketing and promotion of the area. Parliamentarians got involved in the campaign of the Association to form a closed corporation and to be recognised as the representative of traders in the forecourt of the Cape Town central train station.
Carpenters and Marketers Association
Casa de la Mujer Trabajadora, CUT	CUTs mission is to overcome the conditions of discrimination of the women in the world of the work through the direction, support, organisation and advice for the  women, organizations and institutions o	CUT has oeprated for 6 years.The House of the Woman Worker - CUT is a coordinating center for   woman workers, specially of the informal sector and provides support in the processes related to the world of the work.
CCAMIPE
CCSWB Association		Train informal traders and to provide accomodation for some street vendors and retirees.   Is affiliated to Zambian Congress of trade unions.
Cebu City United Vendors Association CCUVA		Activities * Organizing regular meeting of leaders, networking, general assembly, organizational strengthening * Social Security - advocacy on the security of the street vendors, lobbying for a local ordinance for the street vendors. * Active participation in any issues that affect the street vendors. The main issues facing street vendors in the Philippines are security in the workplace, non-recognition of street vendors, demolition, police extortion. There is no legal provision for street vendors because of the non-recognition of street vending. The policy of Government and local authorities with regards to street vendors is tolerance. If there are no complaints they do not demolish, but if there are complaints they will drive us away. There is no social security scheme provided for street vendors because we are not recognized by the national and local authorities.	Advocacy on Social Security of the street vendors, lobbying for a local ordinance for the street vendors with authorities  Active participation in any issues that affect the street vendors.
Cent des Syn. de Secteurs Prive et Infor de Benin,     CSPIB
Central de Mujeres Andinas		Work with national alliances of women in Bolivia and Peru. Women's Informal Centre are organising in Bolivia and Peru with small shopkeepers, street vendors and service workers. In Bolivia they work with cellular phone service vendors. In Peru for instance they work with Taxi Cholos who provide tri-bicycle transport. They work in sectors where there is no support or recognition. As a result of the centralism of Peru  NGOs and organisations are concentrated in the capital Lima and people in South Peru do not have support. They are attempting to build organisational support for the institutional bi-national that covers Boliva and Peru. If the pilot project is successful then they will try to do it in other countries of the Andino Pact.
Central de Trabajadoras de El Salvador, CSTS		The Workers Central of El Salvador is comprised of 15 organisations;  It was formed after a group of street traders defended their right to trade after they had been forcefully moved from a free area. Members contribute a social payment to a fund that is then used to give loans to members. The Central also provides training. Members include transitory and fixed members. Fixed members have stalls in the markets for which they taxes and cannot be removed. Transitory vendors do not always pay taxes to the municipality, but what they would like is for the authorities to come to them to present a proposal.				There are five members on the directing body.
Central Unica de Asociaciones de Comerciantes de Productos Perecibles y Afines del "Damera de la Parada"ICentral Unica de Asociaciones de Comerciantes de Productos Perecibles y Afines del "Damera de la Parada"I
Centrale des Syndicats Autonomes du Bénin CSA/FESYNDER
Centre for informal activities and development (CIAD)	To improve social protection and conditions of life and work of people in the informal sector, To achieve sustainable improvement in the lives of workers and operators in the informal sector	skills development, legal, social, and economic protection.	with city council, mayors, local, authorities, policy makers	skills development	capacity development, research, advocacy, microfinance	project officers (women), management (man), board of advisors (two men anf three women)		donor funding, service delivery and consultancy
Centre of Indian Trade Unions CITU		Has an informal economy project/section and coordinator
Centro de Estudio Social CIDEAS
Chattagram Footpath Hawkers Samity	Develop the living status of street vendors; to train street vendors; to activate street vendors to protect their rights
Chibolya Carpententry, Shoe Making, Blacksmith and Wirefence Making Association						Constitution which is subject to change during general meetings.Hold elections every 3 years. No paid staff	Menhold all leadership positions	membership fees
Children- Women In Social Service and Human Rights, CWISH	sustainable livelihood and  development of deprived people; social mobilisation; human rights and social justice	Only NGO in Nepal that organises adult local domestic workers to form a domestic workers union. Child domestic workers main target. In last 2 years started process of organising adult domestic workers. Working with GEFONT to set up the union.  Active around legal reform for DW and international networking
Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group	Vision:Chintan addresses issues of sustainable consumption and social equity.Seeks to improve consumption choices and practices that benefit both our health and our environment and encourage practices that are sustainable and do not burden the poor.    Mission:                     · To work with the informal sector involved in municipal solid waste management in enhancing their living as well as working conditions and assisting them to optimize their skills and role in the waste management sector as well as build their capacity to contribute to a healthy, safe society · To educate citizens about their environmental duties and means of implementing them. · To help and encourage children of various strata of society to determine their own role in environmental preservation. · To help the informal waste sector to be able to build social defence mechanisms in order to move from being marginalized to mainstream participants and contributors to the social and economic development of the country . · To find suitable means of involving the informal waste sector in formal, organised delivery of waste related services in India . · To stem biodiversity loss taking place through the inflow of toxics through research, campaigning and advocacy. · To identify and reduce the manufacture and consumption of hazardous wastes and materials through research, campaigning and advocacy. · To facilitate the rationalization of packaging used through better laws and material consumption as well as education and fiscal steps .	Work from the grassroots - this informs all work. Main activities:             organising informal wastepickers to negotiate for better working conditions and legal recognition. Helps them to form teams to support each other  at the workplace; Creating livelihood opportunities- skill building to help them bid for contracts; Creating education linkages- help children join schools and/or build skills; Create awareness - run a waste resource centre; policy advocacy- recognition of wastepickers in waste policy of indiau, space for waste, rights to recyclable waste; urban land usage for storing/sorting waste; research e.g 3 country study in Asia ( see web site)	Assist wastepickers to bargain for contracts			Is a non-governmental organization (NGO) registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860. Run by a board.
City Stadium Open Air Market		The association was started in 1998 with only four members to come up with a solution to the flooding problem experienced at the trading site during the el-nino rains  in Kenya.  The members decided to put up structures, which were later demolished by the Nairobi City Council officers.  It takes up issues of welfare [school fees, sickness and death] and provides financial assistance to the members through contribution Problems and Challenges: Allocation of the site permanently to the vendors, provision of facilities such as water and toilet at the site and construction of shed to protect against vendors goods against rain and sun.	The association is in regular contact with the council officers and takes the initiative to present members problems to the authorities.			The association is run on a committee system and all the officials are women.  It does not have an office but a site for building an office has been identified and plans are underway to purchase it.		Members are required to pay registration fee of Kshs. 500 and make daily contributions of Kshs. 100/= per person
Coalition for Migrants Rights (CMR)		Active in organising and mobilizing domestic workers to form their own organisations; active in legal reform for Domestic workers, national and international; active in international networking
COGEC
Colombo Bhodhiraja  Mawatha
Comite Local de Vendedores Ambulantes Y Estacionarios de Teusaquillo
Comite Promoter de la Central Unificada de vendores ambulantes De La Victoria
Comite Reorganizador de la Federacio Distrital de Trabajadores Ambulantes de la Victoria FEDITAV
Comite Reorganizador del Frente Unica de Trabajadores Ambulantes del Distrito de la Victoria FUTAVIC
Committee for Asian Women, CAW	* to assist in consciousness raising among women workers in Asia* to support the organising efforts of wws*to facilitate networking and linkages within &outside Asia* to be the regional platform for wws in Asia and to facilitate & represent the voice of women workers in Asia	CAW works with a network of women worker organizations. It has network members ( 26) in 13 countries across Asia and many more groupings that it works with. A decision to focus on women in informal employment was taken  taken in 2001.  Some of its main activities are *organising activities through workshops *information exchange*supporting local initiatives of network groups*campaigning for women workers in actions*building solidarity linkages &support* publishing books reflecting issues and struggles* producing audio visual materials		Through workshops, networking and publications		Run by a national committee composed of representatives of its network members from across Asia.	All women executive committee	Donor funding
Communication & Transport Workers Union of Tanzania COTWU		Some labour laws amended to cover informal transport workers. Organise by eduction, campaigns, meetings, services. Challenges in organizing Informal workers: no employer association - difficult to org and to collect dues, hostile employers, lack of TU education makes workers not see point in joining union. Recruit by sensitizing /educating; organizing campaigns, meetings, serving members when union services are needed. Take up complaints and grievances of informal workers to encourage them to join the union.	Negotiates   for good working conditions. Zonal secs are responsible. Effects are improved working conditions and more workers joining the union.	Has an education programme for members and leaders. Activities are organized nationally, zonally and locally at workplaces.	Does not run any schemes for social protection etc itself but negotiates with employers for collective agts to provide this. Also runs campaigns to educate public about social issues such as HIV/Aids	General council, exco nationally and 4 deparments. 7 Zones each with a secretary.  Leaders elected by Gcouncil every 5 years and include both men and women. 39 full time staff members.		Dues. Difficult to collect from informal workers - no stop orders.
Community Services Trust
Confederacion de Instituciones de Trabajadores Ambulantes, Mercados y Similares de Lima CONFAIR
Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia (CTC)
Confederacion de Trabajadores Por Cuenta Propia CTPC or Confederation of Self Employed Workers	Improve living and working conditions, To move from informality to formality by developing micro-enterprises, develop managerial and entrepreneurial capacities, denerate decent work and a fair salary	Main challenges: organziation, mobilization, empowerment and legalisation of Tus; eradication of illiteracy, child labour, maintaining visibility, struggle for power over territory, financing organization. Key issue is to move from informality to formality. Negotiations to obtain services and studies and research to develop a database. Issue m/s cards. Work  to ensure the protection security and stablity of work places and campaigning to decrease the worse forms of child labour	with local governments, national police, national commission for the eradication of child labour (CENEPTI).	technical and professional training, Training on organizational processes and selling techniques, marketing, market research, basic bookkeeping	revolving credit fund, legal consultancy, health mutual fund to provide attention in terms of basic health, legal consultancy	national council with 60 delegates, national board of directors with 8 members, 4 federations and member trade unions	52% men and 48% women	members contributions and support from International cooperatives. Problems in financing functioning of the union and finance to develop micro industries. The IE does not qualify for bank credits
Confederación de Unificación Sindical
Confederacion General de Trabajadores Democraticos                                     CGTD	Abolition of child workers in the short, medium and long term. Legislation for labour protection as an objective of the CGTD and the workers' movement. Fighting for policies which involve Government in programs of employment, quality of life, social security, and the reduction of poverty.	Organises informal and formal workers through organising meetings, workshops etc. The CGTD acts specifically in employment generation projects and fights for legislation that is favourable to to the `independent worker' in the informal sector. The main problems: * street vendors are persecuted, goods/merchandise confiscated by authorities; * there are no market policies and fixed place where people can trade without fear of being harassed; * street vendors lack social security, education, housing, health and recreation.				There are executive committees that work with the informal and formal sectors. Membership is both direct and indirect ( family members)
Confederacion Latinamericana y del Caribe Trabajadoras del Hogar         CONLACTRAHO		Formed in 1998. Works in Central and South America, Caribbean, Canada- 23 orgs in 14 countries.
Confederacion Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos                                           CROC	Objectives have been to improve the social security of its membership and to build consumer cooperatives.	CROC stands for  Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Peasants. The CROC was formed in 1952 though the merger of four confederations. It has been part of the Congreso de Trabajo (Congress of Labour) together with the main confederation CTM. Like the CTM is has been supporting the PRI (the Government party) for several decades until the last election. In 1979 it transformed / restructured itself to take into account the new conditions in Mexico- sharp growth and income inequality. Five "confederencies" founded - youth, women, transport workers, professional and technical, and FNOTNA - autonomous or non salaried workers- not covered by labour law.		Has education and training programmes to build organisation-practical and political
Confederation Africaine des Travailleurs Croyants (CATC)		Challenges:sensitisation, unionisation, education. Worker problems: refusal of employers to allow grouping of taxi drivers into union, non use of collective agts, health, rest and leave, medical and ss cover. Recruiting of taxi drivers through sensitisation, education for medical and ss cover. For household refuse and manufacturing and sale of compost - regrouping into cooperatives and access to micro credit. Succeeded in getting together drivers of buses and taxis to take part on World Aids Day and affiliation to ITF.	Meet with bossdes of drivers sensitize on info and negotiate on hours of work, medical covers.	Workshops with ILO on creation and managing of cooperatives for market gardners and sellers.	Provide from dues funeral benefit and sickness benefit.	President, secretary, treasurer, sector coordinator all elected. Employ adminstrator, journalist, coordinator of ITF national committee/network	20 women members engaged in market gardening and selling charcoal.
Confederation Des Syndicats Autonomes Du Benin -CSA-Benin	Better representation of the material and moral interests of the members	95% of workers in IE. CSA one of 7 confederations organising in IE in Benin. Organising IE workers began in 1997 through an ICFTU project on organising IE workers. One of the 2 biggest confederations. Plans to recruit women into a new union and training 200 recruiters. Targeting sewing workers, hairdressers.   Key challenges for IE improvement of living an dworking conditions, hygiene, health and safety; defence of fundamental rights at work; promotion of social dialogue. Main problems of workers violation of rights at work; disregard of labour law by employers\; deterioration in industrial H&S, social security. CSA provides worker representation, provision of expertise in conflict resolution at the workplace, training. Recruti by raising awareness, acts of solidarity and close involvement. Help resolve problems. There are many associations of iE workers for e.g. in agriculture but they do not see themselves as workers……CSA is hoping to move them towards the unions and workers movement.	Negotiate with government and employers by providing expertise for affiliates.  Successes - resolving salary disputes of civil servants, increaseing guaranteed min wage, introducing several legal documents that have contributed to the improvement of members' living and working conditions.	Training on the creation and management of organisations and trainign on themse related to the economy, to productivity and to collective bargaining	"Social security mutual for the Informal Sector" set up - collaboration between government, civil society orgs and unions. Costs 100% by state - in 3 cities ( Cotonou, Porto-Novo, Parakou). Provides old age, health care services. Only 1059 belong…out of potential of 3 mill.	Decision making bodies - congress, confederal board and committee; Executive bodies - NEBureau - 35 members of whom 7 are women + federation of subsidiary unions; decentralised vodies - depts; special bodies e.g. womens and youth committees; consultative committees	Members 51% women, men 49%. At least 30% of women have to be present for all activities related to the federation and its bodies. No specific trainign for women.	Membership fees fromo affiliate unions, state subsidy for training of workers, cooperation from international community. Problems in financing because income from union fees does not cover the total costss e.g. salaries, education activities and operating costs.
Confederation Francaise Democratique du Travail (CFDT)			There is a national collective agreement in France covering domestic workers. Parties to the agreement are CFDT,CFTU, CGT, FO. Employer party is Federation of Individual Employers (FEPEM)
Confederation National des Travailleurs du Senegal CNTS	Defend the interest and rights of members. Participate in the economic and social development  of the country. Vision: Work for the creation of decent work opportunities;  Unemployment insurance for retrenched workers;  Establish national health insurance fund for informal economy workers	CNTS, one of the country’s national trade union centres, has a programme Syndicalisation des Femmes which includes women working in the informal economy. They work with the women’s committees in each union to integrate the women they have organised into the different unions.
Confederation Nationale des Travailleurs de Guinee                                                CNTG	Recruit and organise workers in IE and reduce poverty. Train and finance through cooperatives	Challenges: organising IE workers, access to micro finance, social protection, working conditions. CNTG organises street and market traders and hawkers among its other members in the formal and informal sectors, in the private and public sectors of the economy. Offers  financial assistance to members ie have financed traders with micro-credit for purchase of eggs and soaps. Training. Fights against child labour.	Negotiate with government. Have made agts on transport, respect for IE workers, better salareis for formal workers.	Training on forming and running organisations, business/professional skills on organisation of markets	M icro credit, health mutual, HIV/Aids awareness	Market committees, professional branches/sections, national professional committees, confederal committee, executive of CNTG	80 % women members	Members pay an annual registration fee 2000 Francs Guineens. A membership register is kept. Donations. Difficult to collect member fees from rural areas, to provide office equipment
Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Cote d'Ivoire                                                Dignite		Organising in the informal economy is one of the base policies. Local unions belong to sectoral organisations, which facilitates the circulation of information. Some sectors are not organised and many children work in these e.g. agriculture and food production industries. Union is trying to deal with the issue of child labour, and child trafficking ( see icftu interview)
Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria	Beginning to organise in some sectors of IE	Participated in icftu CEE project on organising in the informal economy. Held a round table discussion. Agreed that there was a need to change labour law, social security, adopt ILO Convention 177 on homework, and make changes to law on telework. Agreed there was a need to facilitate/help establish organisation in the IE.
Congress of SA Trade Unions- COSATU		Federation of formal workers with some affiliates organising a small number of informal workers e.g. transport union organising taxi drivers. Has agreed to initiate the formation of a Street Vendor and allied workers union- no progress yet ( April 2005)
Conservation, Hotel, Domestic and Allied Workers Union -CHODAWU		Involved in campaign against child domestic labour- highly prevelant in Tanzania
Consorcio de organizaciones privadas promocional                                        COPEME		Is a civil association created in July of 1990 to promote and to execute programs, projects and  activities to develop the sector of micro and small compies at local level, regional and national. COPEME  groups more than 50 institutions located in the most important cities of Peru that work in diverse areas like: qualification, technical attendance, financing, advising, commercialization among others. The Mission of COPEME is to constitute itself like a representative organism,
Construction and allied Workers Union (CAWU)	To organise workers in quarry industries, to negotiate welfare/health/safety, to help skills development of our members due to new technological developments in construction industry	Key challenges: temporary nature of work and therefore membership.Key issues; Safety & health, continuous skills development. Activities: Recruitment of members, negotiating collective agreement, education and training. Recruit through contacts at various construction sites and maintain members through education and information	We bargain with employers of our members for their terms and conditions of service and at standing joint negotiation machinery committees. For our informal members we negotiation for policy forumations/campaigns. CB agts reached on health and safety, medical facilities, termination awards	capacity building & skills developemnt	health care- negotiated for in the collective agt.	Leaders:national chairman, national vice chairman, general secretary, seputy general secretary, 1st trustee, 2nd trustee- nat delegates conf; national exec council, mgt com, fincom, womens com, local committees. One seat reserved for women in all structures in addition to their election through normal procedures	1% women members- reserved seats on committees	members subscription- problems as funding depends on member subs and on number of members we have
Construction and Building Materials Workers Union of Ghana TUC	Took decision to organize unemployed artisans into the union in 2000 to set up an empployment agency to recruit artisans for construction companies and facilitate recruitment of unemployed artisans into associations, and set up a data-base on all members who lose their jobs so that they can be easily reached	Land has been aquired for vocational training center for training and re-training of artisans in new technology in the industry	Negotiates with employers to employ trained members
COOMIRAPID	The objectives of the organisation are to provide a means of improving  vendors' stalls, consultancy to obtain credit, support in obtaining permits to operate, social security for members, marketing and recreation according to the needs of the members.to act as an intermediary to facilitate dialogue with the local authorities to achieve solutions that are beneficial to both the authorities and street vendors. to act as an intermediary to facilitate dialogue with the local authorities to achieve solutions that are beneficial to both the authorities and street vendors.	COOMIRAPID, a fast food cooperative. The members will provide a service by selling food that is affordable and of the sort that is popular. The co-operative aims to provide an answer to the need for organisation and a socio-economic alternative to improve the vendors' life. Aims also to build informal economy trade unions	COOMIRAPID informal  vendors are determined to look for joint solutions with the authorities, for the development of the city, and to reach an agreement on recognition of the informal economy as a valid means to solve the problem of unemployment.
Coopamare		is one of the oldest and most successful recycling co-ops. From eight paper pickers with one cart in 1982, Coopamare now has land to process and store their collected materials and over 150 members and associates receiving training and regular pay and operating the co-op. In 2001 Coopamare developed a partnership with the Eco-futura Institute, an NGO established by the Cia. Suzano de Papel e Celulose to buy some of the collected paper.Suzano now produces offset paper on an industrial scale from 100% recycled material. collects 100 tons of recyclables a month, half of what the recycling program operated by the government in São Paulo collects, and at a lower collection cost.	Coopamare members earn U.S. $300 per month, twice the minimum wage in Brazil.
Cooperativa El Ceibo		El Ceibo coop members collect recyclable materials that have been separated by participating residents at their homes.	They have signed an agreement with the city government to provide services to an area covering 93 city blocks				Mainly women
Cooperativa Recuperar		Members can receive loans from the coop, scholarships to continue their studies, and have life and accident insurance. it offers SWM services. Coop members collect mixed wastes and source-separated recyclables. In 1996, Recuperar earned 30 million Colombian pesos and the contract saved the city 5 million pesos (approximately U.S. $30,000 and 5,000, respectively). The coop also operates a materials recovery facility (MRF). Second, Recuperar provides cleaning and gardening services to the local bus terminal, private companies, public spaces, local fairs and conventions. Third, the coop offers its members as temporary workers that can be hired by public or private organizations to perform various activities	The coop signed a contract with the city of Guarne and now collects, transports and disposes of the solid wastes generated in the town.
Cooperative de Agentes Ecologicas de Canabrava, CACE
Coordinadora Distrital de los Trabajadores Ambulantes de la Victoria CODITAV	Organisation that unites street vendors whose activities take place in public thoroughfares. Its vision is to unite street vendor's base organizations in Victoria district. Objectives of base orgs: development of formalisation projects by acquiring commercial premises. Struggle to dignify street vendors is a constant objective	Key challenges; currently base orgs are threatened by various evictions which are performed by municipal authorities; vendors subjected to illegal fees for right to occupy public thoroughfares. Municipal authorieties trample on worker rights creating instability in sector, stopping proper development and formalisation.  Defence of public thoroughfares is current priority because of evictions and arbitrary fines but continuing efforts toward developing formalisation projects. Usually organisations join us when they are threatened with eviction - consider  that unity between groups allows for better defence.	Most important negotiations are those with municipal authorities with respect to public thorougfares. On the one hand these delay the eviction of street workers, and on the other, they result in advances in formalisation.	Try to train or provide work for the formation and/or education of street vendors through institutions located outside the district and also through other street vendor organisations. Not much support from NGOs	None - this a a weakness of the organisation we have not been able to overcome	Structure is formed by coordinators who in turn are presidents and or members of the committees of the various base organisations. The Metropolitan Network of Women Street Vendors, Fair Grounds and Markets of Lima assumes responsibility with respect to women. Gloria Solorzano Espinoza is also a member of CODITAV District Coordinating Committee. Organisations CODITAV works base members & various orgs to which they are affiliated; In the District includes: Union de Organizaciones de Comerciantes de Productos Naturales y Tradicionales, Asociaciones Unidas de Comerciantes de Pescados, Mariscos y Afines, Central Unica de Asociaciones de Comerciantes central Unica de Asocianciones de Comerciantes Informales de productos Perecibles, Comite Reoprganizador del Frente Unico de Trabajadores Ambulantes del Distrito de la Victoria (FUTAVIC), Frente de Defensa y Desarrolllo de los Comerciantes Independientes del distrito de la Victoria (FREDDCVI), Comite Reorganizador de la Federacon Distrital de Trabajadores Ambulantes de La Victoria (FEDITAV). Relationships with Metropolitan orgs: Red Metropolitana de Mjueres etc; Confederacion de Instituciones de Trabajadores Ambulantes, mercado y Similares de Lima (CONFIAR), FEDEVAL, Frente Amplio de Representacion del Trabajador Autonomo Ambulatorio FARTAA		Supported by the payment of base organizations. But as in most organizations there are financing problems due to the lack of culture of payment amongst members.
Covimy		Formed in 1975 when the Marcory Market started. The committee (president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer) are elected every five years.
Credivac
CUT Peru		Formed in December 1993 with support of ORIT-ICFTU, with 16 affiliates. Its affilaite FEDAMPI, organizes autonomous workers, street vendors, micro-entrepreneurs in productive and service activities, commerce and agriculture. CUT offers access and technical assistance, capacity-building and enterprise development, and creates co-operatives.	CUT represents its members in different forums and negotiations on employment and development.
Democratic Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions -DECONT		Independent politically. Organises formal and informal workers in several sectors. Believes that informal workers should be integratedinto trade union movement.; should be separate labour legislation for informalworkers; should have social security.			DECONT with the objective of promoting the workers economic welfare has forwarded activities like establishment of Workers Cooperative Tea Shops, DECOI’IT Saving and Credit Cooperative, Labour Welfare Fund and has established and operating Workers’ Health Care Center. An affiliated union of DECONT, Barbers’ Union of Nepal for their members’ economic welfare is operating a cooperative agency and DECONT has already started women cooperative in Nawalparasi district with the help of ILO/EEOW project.
Dhaka Metropolitan Hawkers Association
Dhaka Mohanagori
Domestic Workers Association (of CHIRLA Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles)		Works with foreign migrant domestic workers and uses a range of creative strategies to assist domestics. Legal lobbying to extend rights
Domestic Workers United-DWU	Works to build power, raise the level of respect for domestic work, establish fair labor standards and help build a movement to end exploitation once and for all. Works in close partnership with other migrant worker/domestic worker organizations	Campaign to support a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in NY State including a livable wage, notice of termination, severance pay, paid leave, sick days, health care and protection from discrimination & unjust dismissal.
Dulces Criolles
Durban Informal Trade Management Board                                                 DITMB
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee - DMSC- Durbar committee for the Coordination of Women	Fight for recognition of sex work as work and sex workers as workers; for a secure social existence, decriminalisation of adult prostitution and legal reform, promote rights and recognition of sex work	Activities- promotion of sexual health and HIV prevention and treatment; advocacy- rallies and demos against maltreatment and exploitation, violence and extortation, demands for rights, lobbying political parties/ state legislators, building alliances		Cultural organisation Komol Ghandar- plays, publications, art. Runs 25 literacy centres for sex workers	Consumer cooperative society for sex workers and children - Usha Multi purpose Cooperative Society Ltd- for subsidised consumer goods, credit and banking facilitities' runs 45 health clinics and runs voluntary counselling and testing centres, subsidised treatment for people living with HIV/aids			Have a range of external funders such as DfiD, Action Aid, Ford Foundation - see web site
Eastern Cape Alliance of Street Vendors		Alliance formed/ launched in March 2005
Edaprospo
Exotic Dancers' Alliance		Negotiated a two-year contract with Lusty Lady strip club a salary scale of USD27 per hour, gradually raises pay by USD3 per hour, adds USD2 per shift in the first year and USD4 per shift in the send year for preparation time and increases sick pay to one-and-a-half days. Establishes a hiring level ensuring that strippers can get shifts theya re asking for.
Federação das Associações dos Recicladores de Resíduos Sólidos do Rio Grande do Sul (Farrgs)
Federacio Departamental De Vendedores Ambulantes de Lima y el Callao           FEDEVAL	Development, modernization and training in our commercial activities with our own markets and not on concession or rented	The Departmental Federation of Street Vendors of Lima and Callao was formed in 1979. It represents street vendor associations of the Lima Metro. Affiliated to CUT in 2000. Key challenges: to obtain worthwhile and decent work, stable working conditions, free unions and social benefits.  Key issues for members is to get financial endorsement to have access to credit enablignthem to get their own stable sales locations. Activities: collective bargaining, training and education of members, unity and solidarity between affiliated groups. Groups apply for m/s and are accepted by the organisation	he federation has started to collect signatures from street traders, and has hosted events to debate and discuss the proposed legal reforms in many districts. Negotiate with government authorities and private institutions for the development of well being of members and to obtain knowledge by trainign and empowerment. Formalize agreements. However, very little is achieved in negotiations with authorities as they seldom keep their promises and agts with private institutions are mainly about training and empowerment. They are proposing: To declare the necessity and social importance of the activity of street trade as a means of work and a channel for commerce in goods and services that supply important sectors of the national population. The need for a platform of consultation on development which incorporates street vendors. The creation of a fund to back the purchase of land for the accomodation of street traders and that supports their organisation. Municipalities must introduce a programme of support and and recognition of street trading. Five years’ tax exemption on the purchase of land, construction and operation of trade centres and markets. The creation of a social security system which incorporates street vendors, who are actually excluded from social security because they cannot afford it.	Little education on organization building	All these benefits we achieve ourselves. We get little help	Manual Sulca Escalangte :GS, Marcelino Flores Ciriaco; Gen UnderSec; Seguno Albites Lezcano Org Sec; Eldica Ruck Riera Economic Sec; Jonas Montalban Benezu, Defense Sec; Roberto Velaochaaga Cueto- Sec for Media and Adv; Luz Maldonado Velasquez, Sec for Discipline; Gullermina Human Salazar- Womens and Human Rights Sec; Paulina Paucar Pena, Training Sec; Maria Rojas Lopez, Sec for social assist; Ramon Rolando Vizcarra Aguirre, Culture Sport and Youth Sec; Lucio Chauca Huaman; minutes & files Sec	60 % women and 40% men membership	Self financing with minimal special contributions by members. Problems with financing - lack guarantees and financial references for financial organizations and we lack economic help from organizations as social support
Federacion de Comerciantes Ambulantes de Quito
Federación de Estibadores Terrestres y Transportistas Manuales del Perú       FETTRAMAP		Challenges:leack of social security, health and accidents. Porters carry very heavy loads and subject to accidents.	In 2004 cross sectoral technical committee created bringing together reps from ministries and unions such as CUT-FETRAMAP to work on health problems of porters. But to date a decree limiting weight of sacks and ILO Convention 127 have not been implemented		Excluded from social protection. Have come up with  alternative measures based on collective solidarity. 90 % of porters working on fruit /veg markets pay contributions so that the 10% of members who are ill or unable to work at some point in year will receive some financial support.
Federación de Sindicatos de la Industria del Construcción Similares Transportes y Otras Actividades  FESINCONSTRANS
Federacion de Trabajadores Ambulantes Y Mercdos de Villa Maria del Triunfo       FETAVIMT	To buy immovable assets for the formalisation of member operations	Key challenge is formalisation. Main activities are social assistance, granting micro credit, legal consultancy, health campaigns		arrange dialogues, seminars and forums	social assistance, grant micro credit, run a legal consultancy for members		women members 83%, men 17%	member subscriptions and autofinancing of micro credit
Federación de Trabajadores Latinoamericanos  del Comercio, Oficinas y Servicios FENATRALCOS
Federacion Departamental de Gremiales de La Paz		The federation was founded in 1954. Most of its members are street vendors. The federation defends members' stalls, their kiosks and their rights.  One of the main problems is that street vendors to not have the right to sell in one place and live with constant anxiety as they do not what to expect.  They are working to change bad local authority policy - the municipal labour authorities and other governmental authorities to prepare a timetable to work on the resolution of existing problems.					The leadership is comprised mostly of women.
Federacion Nacional de Organizaciones de Trabajadores no Asalariados FNOTNA	Promote* creation of employment for non wage earning workers*organisation of cooperatives and other economic activities*construction by authorities of facilities*training*industrialisation and commericalisation of products and craft articles*organisation* financial funds, trusts to finance activities * social security*represent members legally, municial authorities etc, * collaborate with authorities on projects, studies etc * support members in defence of interests and rights	National Federation on Non-Salaried workers' Organizations of the CROC. Started 1982 by helping street vendors organize to counter threats to livelihood from bribe demanding officials. Spread organisatin to other groups such as homeworkers. Working on a magazine to spread info on progress and achievements The Federation was established in 1982 by CROC. It organised non wage earning workers into a union - ( legally an Association) - FNOTNA  - which is affiliated/part of the federation CROC (see CROC). Integration into CROC and recognition of informal /own account workers as workers important strategy.   Takes up issues of social security, struggles for representation with authorities. It organises by building networks of workers' organizations in the "unstructured" sector to facilitate economic services and protection of workers. Works with international organisations for recognition and protection of workers in informal economy. Encourages setting up of cooperatives.	With authorities at state and federal level for rights and social protection. Has negotiated an agreement on urban usage and on access to social security in State of Nuevo Leon. Workers pay small contribution	Provides political and organisation building education and training		Organises according to different "sectors" e.g. Photographers, walking merchants, market merchants, cleaners etc. Has congresses and an executive committee - structure organised like a union. Is organised in over 20 states.		Collects subs from members- 10 000 out of 1 million paid up
Federacion Nacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar, Fenatrahob		After 30 years of struggle the union secured a new law regulating working conditions for domestic workers, includng social security, breaks for breastfeeding, health coverage, vacation time and an 8 hour working day. It has created a support organisation (CCTH) which acts as a lobbying and vocational training centre.		Vocational training provided through support organisation- CCTH			union of  women
Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Mercados
Federacion Nacional de Trabajadores del Comercio  FENALTRAC-CGTD		Capacitation and promotion of small and micro business including the commercialisation of products. Advocacy on social welfare benefits.	Work for agreement contracts with organisations in markets and recreation spaces.
Federacion Nacional de Trabajadroes Ambulantes del Peru FENTAP
Federacion Unica de Trabajadores No Dependientes y Afines de Venezuela         FUTRAND		Proposers of new labour law to cover own account workers - particularly vendors
Federasi Konstruksi, Umum dan Informal, FKUI ( Federation of Construction,Informal & General Worker)
Fédération des Associations des Femmes Commerçants et Entrepreneurs du Mali FAFCEM		consists of 102 women's associations, created March 2003. Now in process of creating a federation. Organizing in 59 markets in Bamaka. FAFCEM contacted CSTM (federation) after seeing a TV programme publicizing their IE projects. Affiliated to the union Groupement de Associations de Commercants Detaillants du Mali (GACDM)				5 members on the board of GACDM.
Federation of Agricultural Workers of Nepal, FAWN	FAWN is an affiliate of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) whose aim is to, to build awareness in working class on rights and responsibilities, to strengthen unified pro worker trade unionism, to eliminate feudal production relations, to be active for international solidarity of working classes against capitalist globalisation, to strengthen the role of the working class in social movement, and to assist the establishment of people's pluralistic democratic political system.	GEFONT's launched in 1993 an education campaign, adopted a programme of forming a giant trade union movement through the expansion of GEFONT into rural and agricultural sectors. GEFONT is demanding continuously for a comprehensive package of social protection covering both formal & informal economy. Through GEFONT, an 'Emergency Fund Scheme' was designed & launched for the assistance and welfare of workers on strikes, in injuries or victimised by other genuine problems. GEFONT has participated in Woman Workers' Campaign since 1992. GEFONT has involved itself in various social issues in recent years. In order to fulfil social responsibility of the trade unions, the GEFONT has been concentrating to eliminate exploitative labour practices such as Child labour, Forced & bonded labour and discrimination based on gender-occupation-caste/ethnicity. GEFONT has been involved to some extent on the issue of social malpractices and consumer rights.  GEFONT set a policy for the migrant Nepali workers through formation of GEFONT Support Groups in various countries.			GEFONT has been providing free legal service to the needy ones.			Self reliant
Federation Syndicale de Travailleurs de Commerce (Poutenga)FESTRACOM		Organisation is 10 years old. Despite problems continue to enjoy support of vendors.	Need to develop demands to present to municipality for negotiation	Need for leadership, organisational management and literacy training		Excutive committee	70% of members are women	Members pay joining fee and then a subscription of CFA 100
Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Commercio Alberghi Mense e Servizi-Confederazione Generale Italiana -FILCAMs or Commerical, Tourism and Service Workers' Union		Union created a body to negotiate with (1974) - federation of professional women (Federcasalinghe). Recognised as employer body by authorities.	Union is party to  national collective bargaining agreement. Issues ( 2005 negotiations)  change classification of work in line with changing sector: managing, caregiving, household services; reduce working hours, increase paid sick leave, make up maternity leave pay to 100% and other protections,salary increases				Membership 90% women
FEDITAI
Female Union of Domestic Servants and Related Workers
Female Union of Domestic Workers of Vera Cruz
FENTRAPACD
FENVENDRELP
Feriwala Vikas Mahasangh                  FVM/FVS		1.Create Awareness - among  Hawkers on their duty towardssociety such as not to create traffic problems, keeping the city clean, selling good quality products. It also helps with information on Fundamental Rights (Right to Livelihood) andeconomic exploitation of hawkers by BMC, Police, Money lenders, cultural Mandals (groups) and political parties. 2. Organise Action - mobilization of hawkers to act collectively on issues affecting them e.g.coming together of hawkers group in Ghatkopar to end to the practice of bribe collection by the local municipal workers and the police. 3.Policy Research - FVM actively tries to influence the policies of the  state and other local government bodies to incorporate the rights of Hawkers, e.g. Development Control Regulation Act, Town Plan ( D. P),  Bombay Police Act, C.R.P.C., Regional Transport Office (RTO),Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, Railway Police Act,  Market & Marketing Science, Capital Formation, Investment System,   Process- Goods & Manufacturers Reality. Also to find out new strategies of negotiation with local authorities (the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai).5. Network/Alliance - To involve the spectrum of civil society organizations (CSOs) who work on  various other issues and strengthen the fight  of the Hawkers collectively. 6. Documentation & Dissemination - Collection of documents for information of the Hawkers. Documents like - the BMC Act, G.R.(Government Regulation ),New Government Amendments, Manifestos of  Political parties & statements and promises of  leaders, information and database  of other Unions & Organization, Press cuttings, etc. 7. Creation of Alternatives - Facilitation and formation of Savings and Credit Groups among the Hawkers, which gives them an alternative to the high interest rate money lenders. Also planned in future is a credit co-operative and then a co-operative bank. Importance of collective buying, new business opportunities and market, how to recycle and use the garbage more productively - e.g to use garbage for vermi-culture or how to convert garbage to fertilizer and sell it to nurseries. Information on collective insurance policy and "Mediclaim" (medical insurance) is provided. the city by designing better stalls and furniture that are spatially economical. Also providing practical suggestions, such as how to utilize the drainage pipe area by covering it with slabs that can be used by the Hawkers or for 'underground hawker plazas' as developed in Connaught Place, Delhi (in the context of the crisis of space for hawking activities in the city). 8. Advocacy/Lobbying - Relationship building with the local government officials like corporators, member of state govt. & central govt. (MLAs & MPs), bureaucracy,  Judiciary, Press and Media, other organizations and people.9. Support & Solidarity - FVM offers and receives support and solidarity on issues of Hawkers and various other issues on which organizations are working. ORIENTATION OF WORK: Legal Recognition Livelihood Social Security	*Right to Live & Livelihood Campaign *Regular meetings with the Hawkers and the Hawkers Union	*Provides populare education and training. Hawkers are presented with case studies and examples of Hawkers life and experiences , which enlightens them and motivates them.  *Skills of negotiating, debating and bargaining with consumers, wholesalers, BMC, police, etc.The art of product display at the stalls, personal presentation and personality are discussed.	*Saving Credit Program with the HawkersSaving Credit Program with the Hawkers
FETAMAV		commercial and financial services
Filipino Domestic Helpers General Union (FDHGU)		A consortium of Philippine groups (APL, LEARN and Akbayan! ) saw the need to organise rapidly growing overseas Filipino workers. They held a series of meetings in Manila and visited Hong Kong. APL sent a lead organizer - educator to Hong Kong to consolidate and expand efforts to organize. The Union was registered in 2003. It evolved from the Forum of Filipino Reintegration and Savers Group- a self help organization of Filipino domestic helpers. The union is supported by the Asian Migrants Center (AMC) and the HKCTU		Provide education
FNOTNA (Monterrey)
FNOTNA (Tamaulipas)
FNV Zelfstandige Bondgenoten		Set up in 1999 by FNV linked to big merged union for industry, agric, transport and commercial services FNV-Bondgenoten. Provides members with services such as advice on legal and tax matters, company law, contracts, debt collection.
FOSSIEH-CUTH
Frente Amplio de Representacion del Trabajador Autonomo Ambulatorio FARTAA
Frente de Defensa y Desarrollo de los Comerciantes Independientes del distrito de la Victoria FREDDCVI
Frente Nacional de Defensa del Trabajador Autonom o Ambulatorio del Peru FENDETAP
FUNBODEM
Fundacio Solon
GACDM
Gbenonkpo		Association formed by women in SYNTRAUCIB.
General Agricultural Workers Union of Ghana                                             GAWU	Bring all informal farmers into a unified body under GAWU	Founded 1983 and registered in 1986. The outgrowers association is a project of the union. It tries to unite informal farmers by taking up issues of cultivation, sales, prices, fighting against violence against women (public awareness, provision of first aid, conselling and support, accompanying women to state agencies), attending to the welfare of its members, providing exchange visits between areas where the programme is operating.  It unites all farmers - formal and informal under GAWU. The union collaborates with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF), the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW), the Netherlands Federation of Trade Unions (FNV), and others that address rural workers.	Negotiates with GOPDC for better prices. supports members, particularly women, with revolving loans, and also facilitates members’ access to other forms of institutional credit. It further assists with the provision of access of members to basic tools and inputs like cutlasses, fertilizer and other materials, as well as basic necessities like lanterns and kerosene.	The union also puts up building structures to be used as storage facilities and classrooms for literacy classes that it organizes for members. It also provides education and training for its members through seminars and workshops on the following topics: bee-keeping, food processing, bookkeeping and trade union finance, ploughing techniques to reduce soil erosion, equipment maintenance, health and safety on how to handle chemicals, and environmentally sound farming practices * offers trade union & worker education   including skills to fight violence against women such as conflict resolution , mediation, arbitration, negotiation skills                                                  *Job skills- training in income generation, ecological farming methods, financial management
General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions GEFONT	Dedicated to the rights, dignity and welfare of workers as a whole. For the informal economy workers to *Secure trade union rights for informal workers and changes to the law * secure social protection *minimum wages*access to credit *skill upgrading-------Basic principles are independence, mass-bases, militancy and socialism	Key issues for members - decent work, equal wage, social security. 12 points programme - tu education, cooperatives, social security campaigns, organisational expansion. A number of organising strategies and activities such as policy interventions, international and national solidarity and unity, working with political parties for transformation, action research. Strategies for informal economy workers ( majority of membership): *forming trade unions and expansion of committee network * formation of groups under local tu committees * study circles * minimum wage implementation campaign * worker education programme * micros cooperative and self help groups - facilitation of * social security campaign * mobile health camps and health &sanitation counselling * separate, special programme for womens development * real participation of women workers - organising more women. Campaign for labour law reform	*registering al informal workers in local bodies - village development committees, municipalities * demand rights to settle cases of workers through tripartite committees at local level * national level bargaining of the national union federations with employer commodity associations * bargaining with municipalities * interactions and pressure to government departments * involved in tripartite negotiations on labour law amendments with other union federations	* needs based training for leadership development * contemporary tu issues * political and ideological issues * technical and skills training * literacy programme	Health Cooperative Clinic, micro insurance. Legal aid	15 national affiliates, with central commissions and zonal committees….. Regional coordination committees…national committee (chair , vice, Sec Gen, treasurer, regional coords, HODs chairpersons of zonal committees and elected members ; national council, proportionately elected from affiliates + no more then 25% activitists advisors and experts, National Congress- affiliate elected delegates. Has a Central Office with 6 central departments	Special dept: Central Women Workers Department - CWWD. Status equivalent to a national federation. Coordinating platform for leading women workers associated with national federations.  Special womens programmes and campaign to organise more women.	Membership fees and small projects
General Street Traders of Kisumu GSTK	*To demand for the rights of street traders *Promoting members businesses. *Welfare (sickness, death, school fees) *Resolving conflicts and fostering discipline among the members.	In 1992,  street traders in Kisumu invaded an open space. Traders at the new market grew to over 500 and the council started levying them.  This attracted more traders to the site. To stop the influx, the council stopped collecting levy from the traders and unsuccessfully tried to evict them. Evictions became violent and many traders went away. After the mysterious death of one leader traders decided to form an association that would address their needs. The association is registered with the Ministry of Culture and   Social Services.The association has a constitution The biggest challenges for the association are harassment by the council officers and lack of an office to operate from.  The association is also financially handicapped and does not have enough capital to lend to the members.  The vendors are not allowed to build structures by the authorities and their goods get damaged by harsh weather conditions; sun and rain.	The association has been involved in dialogue with the council and has demanded for the rights of the vendors.  A pending court case filed by the association to bar the council from evicting street vendors from the streets without alternative trading sites, was withdrawn partly due to dialogue and manipulation.			Run by committee of eight officials, seven men and one woman (assistant treasurer).  Other officials include 5 women and 3 men who are committee members. The association has five sub-sections based on the type of commodities street traders sell. This is to make work easy for the general committee, strengthen sub-sections and the association,solve conflicts among the members ,involve members in running the association. The general committee is involved only when the sub-sections have difficulties in resolving their issues.		Members pay a registration fee -  initially of 30, which was later reviewed to Kshs. 100. Holds fund raising activities. But is hampered by lack of funds
Gewerkschaft der Privatangestellten                                 GPA	Achieve right to vote and paritcipate in works council elections; integrate them into collective agreements;include in better social security and unemployment benefits;work on international regulation.	Most self employed not by choice but because many employers wanting to avoid social insurance and taxes. In 2000 decided to organise self employed and realised needed new structures and approaches. Formed work@flex- recruited 600 members in a year.  One third of members are recruited through GPAs internet page. Principles: can join work@flex before being a full union member; have full voting rights in union; provide platform to raise issues politically; networking encouraged e.g. monthly meetings held in Vienna. Activities and approaches developed through asking members.			Tailor made such as tax and social security advice;assistance on contracts and payments, legal protection, insurance against loss of earnings due to sickness/illhealth.
Gewerkschaft Hotel, Gastgewerbe, Personlicher Dienst or Hotel, Catering and Personal Services Union HGPD		There is an outdated law on domestic workers which the union does not want to raise due to conservative govt and fear that it might abolish the law altogether.	There are 9 minimum wage agts for each federal state, renegotiated every two years and have force of law. There are 3377 full time domestic workers (316 men and 3061 women, and 6950 part time (711 men and 6239 women) Large and growing number of undocumented workers paid below min wage
Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststatten NGG (Food and Allied Workers Union -Germany)		Increasing demand in Germany for providers of domestic, childcare in private households - numbers 1.4-3.8 mill. Most unregistered. Few controls. Few unionised in the sector or know rights. NGG demanding minimum wage	NGG signs collective agreements for this sector which determine wages ( at a regional level) and working conditions, hours, holiday, notice. Also apply to apprenticeships, casual employment and mini jobs.  They are not generally binding and apply only to signatories. Only TUS and households which are members of the German Housewive's Association (Deutscher Hausfrauenbund) obliged to comply. But regulatory character as they are used as a reference for local std wages and on wage dumping.
Ghana Construction Artisan Association
Ghana Hairdressers and Beauticians' Association (GHABA)		organizes entrance examinations for those wishing to operate as hairdressers, and with the support of the public authorities has instituted regulation that allows hairdressers’ salons to be sited at least 50 metres apart. Executive members of GHABA visit their members’ shops regularly to ensure that they keep their environment clean and also have the required number of combs, towels and the right types of cream. GHABA has also helped members to acquire equipment and tools for their shops.
Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU)	A non political body that organises drivers, porters, police and private securities.	With the support of government, the union has been able to secure facilities to acquire vehicles for its members on credit. The union also serves as the framework for determining private road transport fares.	It also negotiates the fees to be paid for operating at road transport terminals. The GPRTU is also consulted by the public authorities on many opertional issues pertaining to the road tranport sector. The union furtehr provides a framework for resolving problems between hired drivers and the onwers of the vehicles they operate.The union further provides a framework for resolving problems between hired drivers and the owners of the vehicles they operate. The union operates a welfare fund for members in distress. The fund is normally accessed upon bereavement of members.	educating the drivers and porters about transportation laws	assists members to acquire loans, support the welfare of members, helps government to collect taxes from members	The union operates structures at branch, regional and national levels. The national and regional structures are dominated by the vehicle owners' component of the union while the presence of the owner-drivers in the unionis established mainly at branch level.
Ghana StreetNet Alliance	The Alliance's vision is to protect and promote the rights of street and market traders. Its aims and objectives are: * expand organisation at district, regional and national levels; *build capacity and leadership of women; *build base of information on street traders's numbers and situation;*document and disseminate information on effective strategies for promoting and protecting the rights of street traders; *to prioritise the interests of low income street vendors; *advocacy efforts, national campaigns to promote policies that can contribute to improving the lives of members	Member organisations are 10 of  the Tuc's 17 national unions involved in informal sector trading activities, Centre for Informal Activities and Development. Other members are: Makola Market Traders Union (800 members which are collaborating with Accra Muncipality for a proposed street market); Takoradi/Sekondi Market Traders Association; Ghana Young Christian Workers; Street Food Vendors Association and other associations. Plan to cover all 10 regions of Ghana.Of its members, 3000 are marketeers, street vendors 6000, hawkers 4000.
Ghana TUC, Informal Sector Desk	To build memebrship, make trade unions more representative, strengthen the bargaining position of trade unions, acquire broader appeal and increase trade union capacity for mass action, extend trade union recognition and enhance union image both nationally and internationally, improve the human power base of trade union, improve union's financial and resource base, and reduce ignorance about trade unions and their role.	The Ghana Trade Union Congress co-ordinates all the activities of National Unions in the informal sector through the Informal Sector Desk located in the the TUC organising department. Their activities include developing programmes, linking up with national unions and organising workshops. Has set up and supports the StreetNet Ghana Alliance. Several affiliates have joined the Alliance and members of the TUC Informal Sector Desk sit on its committee.		Provides TU and worker education
Ghana Union of Professional Photographers GUPP		Constituted into a body in 1987 with a membership of 1,150, it became affiliated to the Public Services Workers’ Union). GUPP is national in character but has high membership concentrations in Kumasi, Takoradi and Accra. Members had high expectations and membership dropped when they did not see the value of joining the union ( 1999 info)			GUPP has a welfare scheme for compensation in times of bereavement, but this has so far only benefited a few persons.	It operates regional and national executive structures. Members pay dues through GUPP to PSWU but they are not represented in the structures of the PSWU, e.g. the National Executive Council (NEC) or the Regional Councils.
Gompo Hawkers Association		The primary role of the organisation has been to allocate trading space to fruit and vegetable vendors, which is done by the committee.  The organisation also provides storage in old shipping containers. The East London City Council regards the organisation as an important consultation partner.	The organisation negotiated with the East London City Council to secure a number of old shipping containers that are located near trading sites in the central business district.  Members of the Gompo Hawkers Association are entitled to use these containers for storage, for a small fee. The Gompo Hawkers Association has played an active role in the consultative process with the local authority since 1995, for example in a lengthy process in which street trade bylaws were workshopped.  Although the organisation itself does not feel negotiation with local government is one of its primary roles, local government officials see this organisation as a critical point of entry into the street trading community.
Good Shed Small Traders Union
Grahamstown Traders' Association
Grassroots Community
Groupement des Femmes de L'Union Syndicale des Vendeuses de Pieces Detachees et Divers du Marche Dantokpa USYNVEPID/CSPB	Its objectives are to protect the interests of its members who work at the Dantokpa Market. It vision is to work for economic integration and social emancipation and social equality.	Formed as an autonomous group of women traders within USYNVEPID.
Hawker-Vendor Panchayat LOKAYAN		Dialogue, initiative for organisation building of hawker-vendors campaigns, networking and advocacy, conference, workshops, survey and research.	- Mobilising and securing public opinion for national and international policies for hawkers and vendors; - Legal status for working space in urban centres; - Financial facilities by govt. or non-govt. financial institutions; - Insurance facilities from govt. institutions; - Building an apex co-ordinating authority in combination with representatives of hawkers and vendors, NGOs and govt.
Hind Mazdoor Sabha HMS		Recent campaign to organize informal workers brought 512 000 new members
HomeNet Bangladesh	To get more and more home-based workers to join the network and become strong	BHWA took initiative to promote HomeNet Bangladesh. Initial activity was mapping exercise ( see book) on homeworker organisations. Mainly organising for social protection, better market access and national policy for home based workers. Held workshops , trade fairs, have a newsletter				45 NGOs, 6 micro credit finance institutions	mainly women
HomeNet India		Network of organizations working for homebased workers. Does advocacy, legal rights and especially ILO 177 convention, lobbies for social security and helps provide market linkages for home based workers. Launched 22 August 2005 at first general meeting.				4 trade unions, 8 NGOs, 2 cooperatives, 1 association, I research institution	mainly women
HomeNet Indonesia -Indonesian National Network Friends of Women Homeworker (MWPRI)Net Indonesia	MWPRI also acts as Homenet Indonesia. To promote visibility and recognition of women home based workers as workers; promote a national union of home based workers; strive for social protection and social emancipation of hb workers	Activities: ORGANIZING-organising/consolidating women homebased worker orgs local, provincial, national; strenthening/maintaining activities of member orgs; organising/participating in meetings, conferences, workshops at all levels; consolidating of program for policies/laws, social protection; relationships with employers; ADVOCACY - lobbying, advocatiing action programmes, policy and law campaigns for social protection; RESEARCH				25 collaborating NGOs- has been instrumental in forming the HWPRI as an independent association of Indonesian Women Workers	mainly women
HomeNet Nepal	Enhance opportunities for HBW to confidentaly market their products nationally and internationally. Promote trade facilitation, social security, access to resources and advocacy services. Maintain, preservation, promotion and overall development of HBWs. Support & initiative to make HBWs more visible, organized secure, capabale and empowered.	Completion of the mapping report of twenty districts. National Convention of HBWs in 2001. Undertaking of social security studies in four districts. Extension of mapping study in ten additional districts. Establishment of Capacity Building and Skill Development Centers in Five Development Regions of the country. Extensive training of HBWs for a period of six months on Five Development Centers. Proliferation of networks in twenty districts. Total membership strength of HNN is nine thousands (Dec. 2004)			Trade Facilitation Providing Exposure for better opportunities Production and marketing capacity building Organizing Fairs and Exhibition Providing access to loan Social Security Lobbying to define a minimum wage rate Occupational Health Services Lobbying to provide a Legal space Resource Mobilization Providing access for appropriate technology and equipment Providing access for raw materials Providing access for HRD training Visibility Organizing Networking Advocacy Mapping		mainly women
HomeNet Pakistan		Auret Foundation taking lead to organise. Completed a mapping project - see book. Worked with Unifem to organise workshops. I widening network and highlighting more and more issues about homebased workers.				9 CBOs,234 NGOs, 19 micro credit finance orgs	mainly women
HomeNet Philippines	Patamaba is also Homenet Philippines - see Patamaba below
HomeNet South Asia	Make visible the homebased workers and their issues Advocate for National Policies for homebased workers in each country Strengthen the grass roots and particularly the membership-based organizations of homebased workers in each country Create and strengthen South Asia Network of homebased workers and their organization	Organising homebased workers and strengthening their networks at national and regional encourages organizing individual producers associations through which they will voice their demands and concerns and also will increase their bargaining power. Developing appropriate informal sector policies is critical for women’s economic and social empowerment. Developing programmes on Social Protection for homebased workers such as life insurance, work security, maternity benefits, health insurance. Reaching markets through activities that raise awareness about fair trade practices: formulate a guiding “ code of conduct” for corporations, including core labour standards, develop a methodology for calculating piece-rates, developing guiding principles for monitoring, create an information desk on homebased workers which will include their size, their contribution, innovative strategies, up grade technical and management skills.					mainly women
HomeNet South East Asia	*to build and international network for homebased workers as well as ngos, cooperatives, trade unins, researchers and all those directly or indirctly undertaking work in this area* to coordinate a campaign for the imporvement of homebased workers at natina, regional and international levels; * to collect & disseminate  informatin * to assis in obtaining technical assistance for , and act as a channel of the same to homebased workers	Supports homebased workers in democratic, membership based organisations such as trade unions,associations,cooperatives or peoples organisations. It works with grassroots organisations, gives technical support and carries the voice of homeworkers to forums at  national, regional and international levels. Its programmes are planning and coordinating, research/mapping of homebased workers, leadership training, organising, social protection, policy and advocacy and working with research and policy groups such as WIEGO		Has leadership training programmes in  economic empowerment, social protection, policy advocacy, and organising and networking			mainly women
HomeNet Sri Lanka		Siyath Foundation taking initiative to organise. Provides services on marketing, training and organizing. Study carried out on homebased workers in Southern Provinced of Sri Lanka				28 CBOs, 36 NGOs, 6 cooperatives, 4 federations	mainly women
Homenet Thailand	*To strengthen home workers' capacities in production and management *To promote homeworkers' organisations *To promote labour standards and social protection amongst homeworkers and home-based producers * To influence government policies in relation to the legal and social protection of homeworkers	Targets 3 groups: subcontracted workers, own account workers or home-based producers, agricultural              labour especially contracted farmers. It operates through a regional network of NGOs and homebased workers. *Visibility-works with national statistics office to ensure h/workers appear in statistics & policy. Part of the development of policy on h/workers and national economic & development plan….*Labour & social protection …involved in research & submissions to government on e.g. law….*Policy advocacy  - organises debates, dialogues with parliamentarians etc + an annual conference…*Organising - primary task to organise and build up the network…..works closely with trade unions and NGOs on campaigns e.g. poverty alleviation, democracy and people's participation	At the policy level	* trains on marketing, promotion and management skills  * organisational skills, health & safety	Northern network has a welfare scheme for its members	Composed of three regional networks (northern= homenet north, 64 groups from 8 provinces: NE= NE Women Network,80 groups in 8 provinces: Bangkok, 23 groups in 10 districts) and expanding into a fourth(southern).      There is a national committee composed of 2 homeworkers representatives and one NGO from each region, chairwoman and coordinator. They decide on overall policy, raise funds and implement activities.	mainly women	Subscriptions and fundraising
Hong Kong Domestic Workers' General Union (HKDWGU)	Union's mission * fight for labour protection for casual workers * demand for centralised compension scheme for work related injuries and employers to provide insurance coverage *demand for all people to have old age pension scheme *fight for social respect and recognition	Established in 2001. It originated in the retraining centres operated by the federation HKCTU. Women in the centres formed discussion groups and over a year and a half gradually built the foundations of a new union.   HKCTU training are used as a base  for organising.  The union organises and campaigns around key issues such as the right to receive compensation for work related injury, minimum wages, pensions, insurance, reduction in transport costs and revision of labour laws to revise part time working hours (4-18 rule) determining employee status and rights.ion The union uses a district based organising strategy, with district groups. It also uses the telephone to keep in touch with its members. It engages in advocacy of women and labour rights through mass media and lessons at the training centre. The union has a joint programme with migrant workers. It has set up a cooperative employment creation programme.	The Union, through the retraining centes, negotiates with prospective employers to ensure wages are above the minimum wage.	Worker/organisation education at the centres and vocational training. It also uses group discussions for experience sharing, recognition of members' knowledge & skills. It also uses mass media for education.		District groups meet once per week. They elect committee members who meet once per two months	All members and all executive committee are women	member dues
Hong Kong Women Workers Association
Humanika Working Group	Humanika was formed in 1988 in response to the need for better educated and organised factory workers in Indonesia. Its role is to provide support for trade unions, and establish communication with other non-governmental organisations and workers' groups outside Indonesia.
Independent Garbage Cleaners Union of Nepal, IGCUN		Organises mainly those employed in municipalities - garbage collectors, street sweepers etc. Has begun to organise informal waste collectors.					mainly women	subs
Independent Transport Workers' Association of Nepal ITWAN		Founded June 1980. Only national federation with its onw social security system. Has a welfare fund started when no insurance for vehicle accidents. Has membership dues but also a daily collection to provide health& safety and accident care. Operates this collection in 109 places. Spends this money on police custody allowances, medical, death accident costs, legal assistance plus dismissals, hospital and sickness benefits etc.	Use slogan "no drivers and the transport workers would spend a single night in jail" i.e. all legal and procedural treatment is provided by union in case of in case of incident
Indonesian Migrant Workers Union         IMWU		Problems of Indonesian migrant workers in HK include abuse, sexual harassment,unpaid wages,extortion, bribes, underpayment. Fights against unfair laws and regulations. Mobilises and holds rallies and demos. Involved in networking with other unions and with migrant worker organisations, nationally and internationally.
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union ICU of Ghana		ICU lost most of membership to IE and decided to organise in IE. ICE 2 different ways of organising: 1. individuals- identify groups and suitable contact person, workshop, assesses needs, train contacts in organisational skills, contacts organise 2. Associations already organised affilate to union. ICU disaffiliated from GTUC in 2005	Unions gives ability to negotiate to associations- against harassment by authorities, fair tax regimes, with insurance companies	training conducted in trade union principles, advocacy, confidence-building, skills development. Most programmes run exclusively for IE members but there are some joint programmes so formal and informal can learn to accept each other.	legal services	.		Small dues by IE workers. No check off so collection not too effective. Collection done through associations
Informal Business Forum IBF	Its vision is to act as a single voice of informal business, street traders, vendors, hawkers and spaza shops	.	Involved in negotiations with local government on by-laws. Has opposed removal of street traders in Yeoville and other parts of the Johannesburg CBD. Challenged whether the removal and eviction of street traders and small shops is constitutional.
International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe( ICRSE) network	Goals of NGO/foundation are to bring sex workers and allies together on an internation level to further social acceptance and respect for sex workers, guarantee their civil rights, organise the support of allies, work to end stigma and promote self determination of women. It builds internationl networks to improve abolish repressive laws, promotes communication & info sharing through internet and on paper, organizes study groups, conferences, meetings	Has formed a network - loose grouping- following conference in 2005. There are discussions taking place on the formation of a global network through the Network of Sex Work Projects ( a global project originally linking HIV prevention projects). The network not really functioning - no office or staff. Discussion in July 2006 re using as a base to form a global network. ICRSE involved in discussions.
International Union of Sex Workers (IUSW)	Its objective is to remove the stigma against sex work and sex workers, decriminalising sex work, and improve conditions for sex industry workers.	London-based organization but membership includes persons of many nationalities. Arose of small coalition in 2000. Formed a union. But initially not recognised as such.  Approached existing unions by many negative responses.  In 2002 became part of GMB - a general union.  Now recognised by the TUC. Easiest to organise in legal businesses such as table dancing clubs - GMB recognised in 2. Difficult to organise sex workers - independent, isolated, apathy. Is a commitment to establish a European network.	Negotiated in clubs and have recognition, reps and negotiated work contracts. In "illegal" establishments less power to negotiate with employers.	affliated to GMB, Britain's fourth largest union, which offers newly recruited sex workers self-defence classes, free legal advice and exit training who want to change jobs	assits in issues such as prostitute's right to help clients to wear condoms	part of GMB but kept autonomy as a branch and therefore identity and power of decision		Membership dues. External funding comes from mainstream union, GMB. Other income comes from fund drivers, sponsoring events, and donations.
ITDG
Janvikas Kendra
Jatiya Rickshaw Shramik League		key challenges; to get mor licensed rickshaws, get free medical facilities, proper stands (halting places), lobby authorities to provide night shelter for homeless rickshaw pullers. Problems police harassment, facilities, social protection, law and rights, exploitation. Recruit by organising local meetings, distributing publicity materials, highlighting union's achievements. Retain members by fighting for their rights and solving grievances.	Negotiate with police commissioners office and city mayor. Municipality agreed to issue additional licenses for cycle rickshaws after one day strike Dec 2005. Union challenges police harassment with munical and police authorities.	Conducts union education programmes	Operates a welfare fund to help purchases of rickshaws on easy installments. No health scheme but on death of member unions appeals to union members for contributions to funeral.	City, ward, police station level, branches, national. Presidents, vice (6), GS, other secs. Elected every 2 yrs at Conference. 3 full time staff.	No women members	Union dues paid monthly to branch
Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari panchayat KKPKP	To ensure conditions of work improve by not making it an undesirable occupation	Formed in 1993. Strong stand against child labour and compulsory enrolment of children in schools. Demanded endorsement of I-card from municipal corporation. Takes collective action agains child labour/marriages, GRASP programme for segregation of residential garbage/collection by wastepickers, doorstep garbage collection service where residents pay service charge to wastepickers	Local authority. Lobbies government for legal protection	Education programmes	Has savings linked cooperative with 1400 members - each member saves R.50 pm and entitled to loans and profit share. Cooperative scrap store, provides health care services, group insurance scheme, school enrolment of children	President Mohan Nanavare, GS Laxmi Narayan, Jt Sec Surekha Gade, Treasurer Rajendra Dhade	Mostly women	Union dues, fund raises for awareness programmes and education programmes
KAKASAHA-KABABAIHAN Kaagapay Sa Hababpbuhay -Ska Inc- Informal Sector Coalition of the Philippines	recognition, improved access to social insurance and security, productive resources, decent work for all, elimination of discrimination among all types of workers, mass building for support.	enterprise development, capacity building, facilitation of the sector to access services and programs. Conduct community based meetings	with government, informal sector associations, trade unions, product buyers.Focus group discussions, round table discussions, meetings, street rallies. Have achieved uniform small transportation rates, uniform prices between vendors and organizing trade fairs for minimal charge	skills training facilitation, facilitating enrilment to PHIC and SSS, mutual aid benefit		center president, center treasurer, treasurer for enterprise development, secretary, public relations officer, auditor, cluster leaders- women	70 % women	members dues and donor funding. Funding problems as grants do not include administrative costs only apply to activities.
Kalayaan UK	Justice for migrant domestic workers	Have been focusing on delivering services and have slipped on building a membership base. Not actively recruiting. Keen to begin rebuilding m/s. Key challenges: securing funding. Government's proposed changes to migration policy listed in the 5 year strategy on  migration; keeping workers informed of their rights and entitlements, balancing caseloads with policy and advocacy work. Key issues for workers: long work hours and vulnerability to employers demands makes it difficult for MDWs to get involved in activities other than their work Key activities advice on education/employment, running workshops, some policy and campaign work, running English classes.	We negotiate with individual employers and so some work with the Transport & General Workers Union and the TUC. Where possible encourage and support workers to negotiate directly with own employers. Successes are on a case by case basis. Some success on recovering withheld passports and National Minimum Wage and holiday pay.	Run English classes, workshops on health, employment, immigration, finding work. Provide some on the job skills	Do not provide these but sign post workers to the T&GWU	Management Committee, 3 paid workers and 10 volunteers	All but 2 of MC, all staff and 9 volunteers are women	Trust, small grant and some government funding. Problems- funding is short term and restricted. Lack of financial security makes it hard to plan and bad for staff retention. Dificult to fundraise for campaigns and policy work.
Kantemba Association of Zambia		Kantemba works to improve the wellbeing of street traders in residential areas, those who cannot afford places in the markets. The association plans to recruit members in all nine provinces. Activities include seminars and workshops and outreach as well as cleaning public places such as market places, hospitals and public toilets and holding competitions of displays and stalls.						Membership dues are paid on joining, and on a monthly basis.
Karmojibi Nari Working Women Organisation KN	promotes women workers rights and builds capacity to negotiate	enhancement of awareness of working women, skills training, media, publications,rallies, sensitisation of policy makers
Karnataka Domestic Workers Union		Relatively new union of domestic workers. Struggling with strategies.
Katinig  inc
Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders - KENASVIT	Vision is to transform street vending and informal businesses into corporate establishments. Mission is to organise and empower street vendors and informal traders; to improve business by training, access to credit, dialogue with local authorities & other relevant institutions on appropriate by laws and policies that would give recognition to and bring an end to harassment and discrimination against traders	Alliance is the outcome of research by IDS/Wiego showing need for strong voice. Conference of 2003 resolved to form a national alliance. Steering committee set up to draw up constitution. IDS faciliated process with funding from StreetNet. Kenasvit is based on urban alliances of associations. This strategy adopted to harmonise the objectives of the urban alliances and national alliance and enhance and strengthen street vendors' voice in Kenya. Constitutioc went through various drafts with feedback from the grassroots    organizations. Delegates meeting of  18 March 2005 adopted final constitution and elected office bearers. Registration is being sought. COTU cooperating with the alliance and has provided an office in Nakuru.				Based on urban alliances in 7 towns/cities.  Urban alliances consist of grassroots associations. Obs are Chair - S.Sang'ale, Vice, Teresa Akong'o, Sec Peter Okello, Vice Bernard Maingi, Treasuer Virginia Wangui, Vice Aha Saidi, Org Sec Rueben Oraba, Vice Rose Simon- 50 % women	Obs 50% women	Received funds from StreetNet for formation.  All urban alliances except on have paid a registration fee of Ksh 2000
Kenya National Hawkers Union KENAHU	*To encourage co-operation among hawkers locally and nationwide *Welfare (death, payment of dowry etc). *To negotiate with the council on behalf of the members.*To encourage good relation and mutual understanding between local authorities officers and hawkers*To build the association's financial position through membership fees, monthly contributions, donations and subscriptions. *To set up appropriate committees to provide training (on business management), education and other facilities (loans) for advancement of hawkers businesses.        KENAHU is a national organisation formed to address the social and economic problems affecting hawkers.  It is a non-political organisation whose mission is to involve the youth in development of the informal secto	The association was started by three people after traders were evicted from the streets and their goods confiscated.  The association started its operations in Kisumu (head office) and has opened branches in other towns, which include Nairobi, Eldoret, Nakuru, Busia, Oyugis and Homabay. The issues addressed by the association include harassment of vendors, personal development and funding of the association.  Requirements for membership are; payment of registration fee of Kshs. 250, be above eighteen years old, be a hawker, be a Kenyan with no criminal background and being in a position to contribute Kshs. 20 daily. Problems: KENAHU's Nairobi office is still to be put in place, Nairobi being the capital city is important for KENAHU and efforts are being made to ensure Nairobi has an office.			Through the membership contributions, the association has managed to establish a savings and credit society (SACCO) where members are advanced loans at an interest of 15%.	KENAHU's governing council is based in Kisumu and each branch has a committee. Officials of the governing council include the national chairman, deputy national chairman, assistant national chairman, secretary general, deputy secretary general, assistant secretary general, national treasurer, deputy treasurer, assistant treasurer, first trustee, second trustee and a third trustee.		Registration fee of Kshs. 250 and contribute Kshs. 20 daily.
Kenya Street Traders Society  (Coast Branch) KSTS	The purpose of starting the coast branch was to have a society that would cater for the welfare of the traders and advocate for their rights	Between April to May 1999 sub-branches were opened in Kilifi, Malindi, Lamu, Taita, Kwale and Mombasa. Expected support from the UNDP and the main office did not materialise and some sub-branches closed. It is involved in a number of activites and is in partnership with organisations, for eg the District Environmental Committee, District Development Committee, mombasa by-laws review committee and District  Disaster Management committee. The society uses these forums to raise street vending issues, inlfuencing policy and to lobby for allocation of vending sites. By negotiating with govt, one of its achievements has been to get by-laws relaxed which required vendors to trade within a distance of 100 yards away from formal markets (inMajengo and Mwembe Tayari).  Vendors are however charged more than vendors  in the markets (khs20).     It is also a member of the Building Africa Network based in Tanzania, a small business network in East Africa which markets members goods in the region.	The society tries to influence and lobby for policy on the allocation of vending sites through its membership with a number of NGO forums and civic bodies. The society also co-operates with the Govt and municipal auhtorities and has adopted a non-violent approach in dealing with govt. In two towns by-laws on trading have been relaxed and now vendors can trade next to markets. Following the demolitions of vendors' kiosks in Mombasa, the society is pushing the authorities to allocate alternative trading sites to the vendors affected. It is also pushing to allow vendors to have weekend markets where some roads would be closed to allow vending to take place.	The society is also involved in civic education in 3 divisions in the Mombasa District and HIV/AIDS prevention and training programmes.	The society has a Saving Credit Co-ooperative (SACCO) with 40 members. Its purpose was to mobilies funds so as to provide laons for members.	Weekly meetings are held		Members pay a minimum of kshs 300,ie a minimum of 15 shares (of Kshs 20). To date the Sacc has raised Ksh89 000. Membership contributions declined recently after demolitions t left most vendors goods destroyed and with no trading sites.
Kenya Street Traders Society KSTS	The objective of the society is to bring together the street traders to fight for their rights. The society activities include:- *Identifying and securing trading sites in Nairobi and other towns. *Organising members into self-help groups. *Welfare (school fees, death etc). *Solving disputes between the street vendors and council officers.  *Providing alternative trading sites for members whose kiosks have been demolished. *Training of members on business management and marketing.	The association was formed to address issues affecting street vendors with the main aim of to securing permanent vending sites.During the 80s and early 90s, relations between the association and the council were good.  During this time, the association managed to secure hawkers trading sites in several parts of the city. Problems:The biggest challenge for the association is proof of membership.  The society has no registration and membership records. Documents were destroyed when they were evicted from their previous office by the Nairobi City Council authorities.  Most of the traders who have benefited and are in markets are inactive and no longer support the association.	Use of dialogue and sometimes violence are some of the approaches used by the association to negotiate for the rights of street vendors, resist evictions and demolishing of structures.  .	The association has been involved in a joint training programme with the Ministry of Planning and National Development aimed at promoting small scale activities.	The society plans to start a cooperative society so at to give loans to the members at low interest rates.	The association is run by committee system.  The national committee is based in Nairobi, while branch committees are in the various branches.he positions of the national chairman, secretary and treasurer are held by men, while that of the assistant chairperson is held by a woman.	One office bearer out of 4 is a women	Membership requirements include payment of membership fee of Kshs. 550, Kshs. 20 for membership card and Kshs. 20 monthly contribution
Khatang Tema Baitsukuli Association
Kisumu Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal traders                                             KASVIT	Aims and objectives are to bring different member groups of vendors together; popularise street vending locally and internationally; socio-economic empowerment of members and advocate for their rights of street vendors. Its Vision is to: * encourage leadership positions in organisations; create HIV/AIDS awareness among its members; create projects for the needy.							Membership dues are collected.
Kisumu Bus Park Development Group KBDG	* to unite and promote standard of living of members; *advocate for poverty eradication through small-income generating activities *provide a means through which the group can promote the cleanliness and security at the Bus Park.	Encourages members to market their goods; to get land to build a market for members.	It has negotiated withKisumu City Council to secure spaces for trading on the streets and for the allocation of a sanitation block at the Bus Park. It Th		Provides loans and support to families when members die.			Any group within the Kisumu Bus Park can register as  member by annual affiliation.
Kolhapur City Domestic Workers Union
Korean Street Vendors Confederation KOSC	* To block the crackdowns and acquire legal status of street vendors,* To ensure the street vendors' right of unity and legal recognition of NSVFK,* To obtain free medical service for the poor,* To obtain social security for the elderly,* To acquire permananet rental housing for street vendors without homes,* To acquire a cost of living allowance from the government for those selling their goods for less than 180 days or who earn below minimum cost of living* To realise the free education for the children of street vendors* To acquire free credit as street vendors' seed money from the governement * To eliminate all laws, institutions and traditional practices which oppress street vendors and deny them their right to free poltical activity * To eliminate underemployment which continiously creates street vendors and the poor* To advance South Korea's democratisation and the reunification of the Korean peninsula	During the 1980's Korean Street vendors suffered countless crackdowns by all kinds of enforcement authorities and had to pay bribes to avoid being evicted.  However, this kind of bribery did not protect vendors from crackdowns.  On June 13th 1988, the street vendors came together and held a Convention to Protect Street Vendors Right to Live at Sung-Kyun-Kwan University in Seoul. They finally organised the the NSVFK on October 1988. The government ignores street vendors, and street vending is illegal in Korea. NSVK does not accept the status quo, firstly it fights for not only the poor of the cities but also the general interests of Korean people. Secondly, NSVK works to realise the democratic movement demands and the reunification of the Korean peninsula. It also works and campaigns for the rights of migrant workers. Its main strategy is to engage in highly disciplined protest actions against the government and municipal authoritiesto protect their members against harassment and eviction.				Membership: Street and market vendors and hawkers, all informal sector workers.  Organised by regions (a region has more than 50 members) and branches (less than 50 members)..Has 40 regional structures. Keeps a register of paid-up members. The NSVK is composed of more than 30 local federations which have their own branches. The chairman and the executive are elected every year at the annual general meeting and representatives' conference		Finance is appropriated from membership fees. Members pay their fees to branches, branches pay a portion to their local federations, and local federations to the centre of the NSVK.Monthly membership dues are paid
Korean Women Workers Association     UNITE	* Elimination of gender discrimination in employment, wages, and job promotion    * Equal pay for equal work    * Improvement of working conditions and occupational health and safety in workplace    * Legal and practical maternity protection    * Expansion of child care facilities    * Expansion of women's vacational training    * Development of women workers' associations and female union leadership    * Enacting and reforming women workers' related laws and ordinances    * Consolidation of women's solidarity	KWWAU holds campaigns to make public real situations of women workers and to amend women-related laws as well as makes policy suggestions for improving women workers.
Korean Women's Trade Union KWTU	To unite women workers across the company and industry borders and assit them in the common struggles for equal opportunities, legal rights and against discrimination. KWTU organizes adminsitrative workers, scriptwriters, nutritionists, school cooks, janitors, room maids, golf caddies, domestic workers, workers in the electronic industry and sub-contracted workers in the free trade zones.	KWTY has taken up cases in eight regions ranginmg from non payment of wages, sexual harrassment, health and safety violations, maternity protection and reinstatement of fired workers. It succeeded in gaining its first collective agreement for caddies.				The union has a president and  two vice presidents
KwaZulu-Natal Informal Business Association KNUIBA
Kwe-Kwe Informal Traders Association
Latin American Association of Waste Pickers		Newly formed (2005) regional alliance/association. Several obstacles including : most waste pickers remain unorganised and therefore difficult to reach; will need funding and assistance to get funding and organize activities.
Linis Ganda		The Linis Ganda (Clean and Beautiful) program has organized waste material dealers into cooperatives in order to obtain government subsidies and credit. The program has dignified and formalized scavenging in Metro Manila, renaming them as Eco Aides and establishing fixed routes and prices. Participant households and schools separate their garbage into wet and dry, and the Eco Aides purchase the recyclables from them. Approximately 500 waste dealers, employing 1,000 Eco-Aides take part in this program. Eco Aides earn between U.S. $5-20 a day, depending on the income level of the area where they work. Eco Aides recover 4,000 tons of recyclables (mostly paper, plastics, bottles and cans) a month from 200,000 participant households. The recovery of recyclables through the program has an economic impact of over U.S.$ 250,000 per month. The Linis Ganda program provides a stable and decent livelihood to scavengers, inexpensive raw materials to industry, reduces the need for collection and transportation of wastes, helps clean up the urban environment, and extends the life of the local landfills. It originally organised by conducting seminars among housewives and helpers. Soon, junk shops were set up and then, eco-aides, bodega helpers, drivers were hired
Local Market Banana Sellers Association  LMBSA	To have an organised voice; to ensure regular and adequate supplies of their wares; to bargain with other stakeholders for better relationship and to promote their interests	Group formed under the auspices of the GTUC when they were encountering difficulties with source of supply. Consists of eight banana wholesalers. The GTUC helped them negotiate new terms with their main supplier and got their  supplies on a regular and adequate basis. Major challenges are financial, frequent power cuts leading to destruction of goods, lack of permanent place for the container, harassment from govt officials.	Not made any attempts to negotiate with government on their own. Satisfied with the interventions by the GTUC on their behalf		Help each other in times of personal need such as death, childbirth, marriage	No constitution and no official leadership structure. Oldest woman amongst them acts as president. At the moment not open to members		Financial constraints a major challenge
Lusaka Informal Traders Association		Poverty reduction programmes and Health matters
Makalaya	Increase unionists’ awareness on gender issues and concerns; Popularize and advocate women’s issues at the local, industry, and international levels. Empower women workers to strengthen the family as a basic unit of society and the labor movement as a progressive force in the Philippines; Organize women workers and assume active leadership role within the union structure and integrate women’s concerns in union collective bargaining agreements, programs and activities; Mobilize women workers to protect and fight for their rights as a distinct group of society; and Foster unity and solidarity among women, particularly in the Philippines.			Its education and training programme deals with the acquisition and enhancement of knowledge, attitudes, and skills which will lead to their awareness, organization and action towards empowerment. The empowerment training focuses on political, organizational, and advocacy involvement.	The counselling, entrepreneurial, livelihood and legal services provide assistance to those in need of professional help. The research and development concentrates on undertaking various types of researches on various gender issues and related concerns intended to provide accurate, timely and relevant information, primarily for advocating and strengthening the status of women in society.
Makola Market  Trader's Union	To build solid foundation and to abolish unemployment and have happy living conditions	Collaborate with the Ghana TUC on issues of national concern- affiliated 2006. Work with municipality. Challenge is to help union members be self supporting. Key issues for members is to have support from union in times of need. Main activities to undertake development projects in all markets by negotiationg with local government ministry and ministry for women and childrent affairs. We hold weekly meetings to build and maintain members and collect monthly subs	Collaborating with Accra Municipality for a proposed Street Market Project which has identified 21 streets to be closed to traffic for trading. It is hoped this will provide enough space for all vendors in Accra so that they do not have to trade on the streets. Negotiate with Accra Metropolitan Assembly for more markets for street traders Through bargaining now new modern markets are being built in all districts	Offer trader and customer relations , trading skills and general cleaning	Micro finance and insurance schemes	Chairperson: Deborah Quaye Yemoteley, Treasurer: Janet Anum, Financial Secretary: Kadijatu Naabokai Addy, Secretary: Sefa Bonsu, Organiser: Julianan Brown Afari	Women 70% ; Men 30% Leadership are women	Member subscriptions.  This is not enough to fund the union.
Malawi Congress of Trade Unions           MCTU		Some affiliates organising informal workers in their sector.
Malawi Union for the Informal Sector MUFIS	* protect the rights and interests of members; *encourage full participation by members in the union; *promote legislation that is in members' interests; *to affiliate with both local and international organisations that have similar objectives to MUFIS. Vision: * to assist, represent and educate its members to further their businesses.	Registered union after long wait in which the union lost a lot of members. Organising mainly vendors but intends to organise other informal workers.	With local government.				Mainly women members. Has a womens committee	Members pay monthly membership fees
Mansa District Business Assn MDBA		* Reduce membership fee to attract more members; * Organise workshops with national structures; * Lobbying for change in policy affecting smamm business tax.
Maziwa Open Air Market	*To start an income generating project. *To address issues related to site of operation and construction of structures. *Welfare (death and sickness) *To boost members businesses through contributions.	Maziwa open air market has about two hundred members and is open to both men and women trading at the site. The organisation is affiliated to the Kenya Street Traders Society (KSTS).  The association was formed in 1988 when the vendors were allocated the Maziwa open air market site by the former chairman of Nairobi City Commission (Fred Ngumo), through the initiative of the KSTS. The organisation is restricted to members operating within the Maziwa Open air market. The vendors have on several occasions been threatened with eviction, which they have resisted, sometimes forcefully. Problems and Challenges:The biggest challenge for the association is threat of eviction.  The traders are often threatened with eviction and have mobilised themselves on several occasions, including sleeping at the site to resist any such move by the Nairobi City Council.			The members have managed to start an income generating activity (chicken slaughterhouse project) aimed at raising funds for paying for veterinary and security services.	The association is run on a committee system.The positions of the chairman, vice chairman, secretary, assistant treasurer and organising secretary are held by men, while those of the assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant organising secretary and committee member are held by women.
Mdantsane Hawkers Association,  Mamcira
Micro Business Chamber FAITH
Migori Small Trader Society MSTS	*To foster unity and co-operation among members *To enhance mutual understanding between the members and other arms of the government *To boost the general understanding and welfare of society members *To enter into negotiations with the local authority to enhance provision of basic services. *Educating members on their rights and statutory obligations *Opening branches in other trading centres/towns for similar purpose and recruitment of members.	MSTS is a non-political organisation. Membership is open only to small traders [both men and women] residing within Migori town.  The association covers street and market traders.  MSTS presents the problems of the traders to Migori Municipal Council officers and attends to other matters affecting the members such as death and sickness. The association hopes to open branches in other trading centres within Migori district and in other towns but this has not taken off.  A major challenge to the traders in Migori is site of operation.  Migori, a one-street town, has a traders market, which can accommodate most the traders.  However, the market is poorly planned; has narrow access paths thus inaccessible, has no entries to some stalls, floods during the rainy season and lacks toilet and water facilities.	MSTS presents the problems of the traders to Migori Municipal Council officers			The association is run on a committee system comprising of the chairman, vice chairman, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, organising secretary and assistant organising secretary.  MSTS has sub-sections based on the type of commodities members trade in which include: chicken, gunny bags, vegetables, new and second hand clothes, fruits and tomatoes, cereals and fish.  The sub-sections attend to all matters affecting the members and only involve the main committee when there is need for further consultation and action such as approaching the council or holding elections within the sub-sections.		Registration fee of Kshs. 50 and monthly contribution of Kshs. 20.00.
Migran-Indonesia (Migrant Workers Union)
Mitchell's Plain Progressive Hawkers Association
Moldova-Business-Sind		Moldova-Business-Sind is a union of self-employed workers, mostly street and market vendors and home-based workers. They are part of the main confederation of trade unions. Founded in 1989 after the destruction of Soviet Union – many factories were closed down and women were out of employment. Mainly working with agricultural workers. 20% of women started working as street vendors but their rights were not recognized.Organized as a TU after a struggle of 14 years. Tried to convince the govt to legislate laws for the informal sector Confederation of 8 TU with 16000 members.					80% women, 20% men members	No funds from govt or other sources.
Mongolian Transport, Communication & Petroleum Workers Union		ITF Action Wee 9-10 Oct 05 recruited 800 informal transport workers  conducting a survey of private micro bus drivers to identify issues
Movement of Sex workers in Greece
Movimento Interestadual das Quebradeiras de Coco-Interstate Movement of Babassu Coconut Splitters-MIQCB	To give the women babaçu breakers an effective voice in social and political movements in Brazil To protect the babaçu forests and guarantee that the babaçu breakers have free access to them To reduce the dependency of women babaçu breakers and their families on exploitative middlemen and ensure their subsistence and security	Babaçu is the third most important oil palm in the world, but cheap imported Malaysian oil is destroying the industry in Brazil In the Brazilian regions of Pará, Tocantins, Piauí and Maranhão at least 350,000 people pick and break the babaçu coconut to sustain their families Women babaçu breakers usually collect and break about five kilos of babaçu per day, which sells for a meagre 7p per kilo to the middlemen. Launched a mass campaign to protect the babaçu forests and ensure legislation is implemented.The MIQCB has established important links with local, regional and national government and has had meetings to discuss the law for free access to the babaçu forests, develop local partnerships for procurement of babaçu products, and to hold the government accountable for illegal logging and forest destruction . As a coop able to cut out the middleman and have own processing plant. Supported by War on Want Communication has been improved between the regions, with women sharing technical and organisational expertise		Workshops and training have been organised on leadership, financial accounting, contracting and procurement, organisational skills and accountability
Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Reciclaveis MNCR	self-organisation and self management; direct democracy and participation of catadores; direct popular action e.g. against privatisation;independence; integration of solid waste management; mutual support and solidary; solidarity with socialmovements; the right to work, education, child care etc for all or The Collection of materials you recycle done for catadores - The payment to the catadores for the services of collection of materials - The control of the catadores on of the productive chain of materials you recycle. - The conquest of housing, health, education, day-care centers for the catadores and its families; - The end of the lixões and its transformation in sanitary aterros, with the had displacement of the catadores for sheds that guarantee the worthy survival of all.	The National Movement of the catadores is a social movement that has about 4 years that organises the catadores and catadoras of Brazil. We seek recognition of the catodor as a worker like any other.. MNCR promotes formation of cooperatives and associations and then Regional Meetings with objective to fortify the formation of the catadores organized in the MNCR. From these meetings Regional Committees had been constituted that have as intention:1. to give a platform to the catadores to argue and to cexhange experiences and to plan joint actions.2. To build a relationship with the National Commission with the different groups of catadores of the regions being aimed at the establishment of the Organic Bases(?);3.creation of State Coordination of Catadores of Materials You recycle from the Regional Committees				works from grassroots organisations; regional committees; and through other structures to the National commission
Movimiento de mujeres "Melida Anaya Montes" MAM
Movimiento de Mujeres Unidas (MODEMU)	MODEMU demands fixed wages, punctual payment of wages, easter bonus, one free day per week, registration with social security, pre- and post maternal leave, and two weeks' paid annual vacation.
Movimiento Manuela Ramos
Movimiento Nacional de Trabajadores Cartoneros, Recicladores y Organizaciones Sociales - MNTCRyOS		Formed in June 2006. Federation of cooperatives in Argentina. Organized in different regions.
Nairobi Hawkers Alliance		Street vendor organisations in Nairobi formed NAHA to strengthen the joint negotiotions with municipal structures and prevent organisations being divided against each other in attempts to secure legal rights of vendors. The two main structures that came together to form NAHA are the Kenya Street Traders Association