INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
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