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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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  • Audiovisual Materials

    MNCR on YouTube

    Title: Essa Gente Vai Longe…. – Parte 1 Documentário MNCR Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtUp9ZSQ7lg&feature Parte 2 Link:...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ley No. 29419 que regula la actividad de los recicladores

    Texto de la Ley No. 29419 que regula la actividad de los recicladores en Perú. Vea también el Reglamento de la Ley No. 29429 que regula la...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Oregon Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

    This Bill of Rights relates to the employment of domestic workers and creating new provisions in relation to this in the State of Oregon ...

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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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