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The implications of the energy transition for auto mechanics
The transition to electric vehicles will alter repair work, skills demand, and business viability for auto mechanics, especially in the informal economy.
Tag: informal economy
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Green jobs and skills: 5 things unions should be asking
Green jobs need new skills but skills are often treated as compensation, not strategy. A union guide to the just transition skills debate.
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Women in Trade: Can the AfCFTA ensure empowerment and equality?
Labour protocols that ensure inclusion and equity help distribute trade benefits fairly.
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Mainstreaming gender in free trade agreements
Interview with Marie Thiam Soumaré General Secretary of the National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Senegal and Continental President of the African Women Network of AfCFTA.
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What workers know, think, and feel about the AfCFTA
A recent study recommends actions trade unions can take to engage workers in decent work campaigns under the African Continental Free Trade Area.
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Informal economy workers in Ghana share their expectations of the AfCFTA
“The African Continental Free Trade Area is a good initiative that is beyond our reach.”
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4 years ago
RESOURCE: LRS framework for negotiating conditions at work
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How reclaimers bargain | Struggles and successes of a worker organisation
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Tips for organising women in the informal economy
Some basic recruiting strategies for organisers that want to bring women workers in the informal into the trade union.
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What the pandemic reveals about women’s activism and feminism
Lorraine Ndlovu, President of the Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations and StreetNet International, on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected her activism and leadership.
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