Waste pickers in Dakar face catastrophic evictions
On February 24, while waste pickers working at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite in Dakar were engaged in a mediation process with the authorities, they were surprised by the police, who appe...
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Governments and Industry Mark International Waste Pickers Day by Evicting and Excluding Waste Pickers
As waste pickers around the world prepare to commemorate International Waste Pickers Day on March 1, workers in Senegal and Italy suffered catastrophic losses when police evicted them from their workplaces, while workers in Canada continue to struggle for decent work under new extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation.
International Waste Pickers Day- 1st March 2025 Message
We, the leadership of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers—Severino Lima Junior (President), Sushila Sable (Vice President), and Maditlhare Koena (Treasurer)—extend warm...
Call for Applications: Hiring of Communications Manager
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) seeks a dynamic, motivated, dedicated individual to fill the Communications Manager position. The successful candidate will play ...
New General Secretary Appointed by International Alliance of Waste Pickers
The Executive Council of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kabir Arora (Qabeer Jalandhari) as its General Secretary....
Statement of Denouncement and Repudiation of the Police Repression Exercised by the Argentine Government against FACCyR
From the International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) we want to express our strongest repudiation and publicly denounce the brutal police repression exercised against our member...
Announcement for the post of General Secretary of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is seeking candidates for the position of General Secretary.
Congress Day 5: Advocacy Day
We, waste pickers, are very diverse, but we also share so many similarities. Among them, unfortunately, there are the threats we face in our work, but also the ways that our organi...
Congress Day 4: Field visits
On the fourth day of the Congress of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers, delegates as well as observers and guests of the event visited several waste picker cooperatives i...
Congress Day 3: Approval of resolutions and presentation at the CGT
Voting on amendments to the constitution and proposed resolutions On the third day of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers Congress, amendments to the Alliance’s const...
Second day of Congress: IAWP conducts its first elections
Election of new authorities, greetings from sister and allied organizations, tribute to our history and report from the Acting General Secretary. On the second day of the Congress,...
First day of Congress: March for International Workers Day and opening plenary
Waste pickers from around the world demand recognition of their rights as workers Kicking off the international Congress of waste pickers, a massive march was organized through the...
Counting down to IAWP First Elective Congress 2024
We are thrilled to take this moment to invite you to countdown with us to a landmark moment for waste pickers from around the world, the IAWP 1st Elective Congress (2024).
International Waste Pickers Day 2024
Waste pickers from around the world gather on March 1st to commemorate International Waste Pickers Day, ahead of their formalizing as an international union. Waste pickers gather o...
Empowering India’s Waste Pickers: Nationwide Campaign Seeks Rights Recognition on International Waste Pickers Day
1st March is celebrated as International Waste Pickers Day in memory of the massacre in Colombia in which 11 workers were brutally killed at the University of Barranquilla. For the...