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8 months ago

Volunteer Food Handlers advocate to have their jobs made visible, recognised, valued and remunerated
by admin care work / informalisation / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! Initiative / precarious employment / volunteer food handlers
At a media conference on 29 March, food handlers spoke about their campaign for decent jobs for the more than 60,000 workers recruited by the National School Nutrition Programme to prepare and serve meals in schools countrywide.
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9 months ago

Building a campaign to recognise and value the work of Volunteer Food Handlers
by Nina Benjamin care work / informalisation / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! Initiative / precarious employment / volunteer food handlers
The workers who cook meals for millions of learners across the country are classified as volunteers and paid a stipend. Recruiting workers as volunteers has become another way of pushing women into unrecognised and low-paid work.
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10 months ago

How trade unions can support volunteer food handlers
by admin National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / precarious employment / trade union strategies / volunteer food handlers / women workers
As key players in the school community and in government consultative spaces, trade union activists can help to make visible the work of volunteer food handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme.
[PDF] Power Up Nutrition Series | Proteins
by admin National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / precarious employment / school nutrition / volunteer food handlers / women workers
The Power Up Nutrition Series comprises a set of eBooks exploring the links between food and nutrition. The eBooks can assist school communities and trade union activists looking to promote and support healthy nutrition and Volunteer Food Handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme.
[PDF] Power Up Nutrition Series | Salt – A thin line between the good and the bad
by admin National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / precarious employment / school nutrition / volunteer food handlers / women workers
The Power Up Nutrition Series comprises a set of eBooks exploring the links between food and nutrition. The eBooks can assist school communities looking to promote and support healthy nutrition and Volunteer Food Handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme.