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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Towards a model framework for a local level collective bargaining system for street traders: CTCP

    Case study of CTCP, (Confederación de Trabajadores por Cuenta Propia) which is affiliated to FNT (Frente Nacional de los Trabajadores). CTCP...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Brazil Law: Lei No. 6.586 (Brazil) – Classifica o comerciante ambulante para fins trabalhistas e previdenciários

    Brazilian law classifying street vendors for the purpose of labor and social security law.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Castellanos, Themis. Implementación de la Ley y Reglamento que Regula la Actividad de los Recicladores (Ley No 29419) en los gobiernos locales. Estudio de caso de la Municipalidad de San Luis y Santiago de Surco, Lima, July 2014

    Informe con dos estudios de caso sobre mejores prácticas en la instrumentación de la Ley No. 29419 y su regulación en dos localidades de...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Design for Shoeshiners in CDMX – Team 6

    Designs prepared for Mexico City Shoe Shiner’s Union by a group of design students from Mexico City’s IberoAmerican University.  ...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Government Resource: New York City General Vendor License Page

    New York City webpage on general vendor license applications (does not apply to food vendors, art vendors, or First Amendment vendors)

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  • Legal Instruments

    City of Bend Street Vendors Policy, 2003

    To provide consistent guidelines for vendors operating on public right of way in the City of Bend.

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  • Legal Instruments

    City of Charlottetown Street Vendors By-law

    This document contains the by-laws that govern street vending in Charlottetown.

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Fact Sheet: Women Organizing for Fair Trade in Nicaragua

    Details of the MDG3-funded Fair Trade project in Nicaragua

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Saúde e Segurança Ocupacionais e Trabalho Doméstico

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Cronicas de una lucha por la inclusion (Numero 3) – Si es Posible

    Este es el tercero producto de las Cronicas de una lucha por la inclusion. from christian Mantilla on Vimeo.

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