INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 32 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Supported by
Workers’ Union Cleaning and Beauty and Protecting the Environment
Cairo, Egypt
Primary information
- Number of members
- 4,500
- Type of members
- Members are waste pickers
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors
- Type of Organization
- Trade union
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Street
- Organization Structure
- Covering six areas in Cairo. There are three members in each area responsible for recruiting members.Each member must pay dues of about US $2/month. There are currently +/- 4500 union members. Most of them are people who collect waste, but there are a few members from the workshops. The union is still waiting to get more members before they elect leadership.
- Women composition
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Complementary Information
- Information source
- WORD 26/6/2013, Africa 2013