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Rwanda: Syndicat des Travailleurs Domestiques et Indépendants de l'Economie Informelle (SYTRIECI)

by IDWFED published Nov 01, 2021 12:00 AM
Rwanda: Syndicat des Travailleurs Domestiques et Indépendants de l'Economie Informelle (SYTRIECI)
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Email [email protected]
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Type Trade Union
Number of Male Members 259
Number of Female Members 614
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Maintains Register of Fees Paid Maintains register of fees paid
Year Established 2017

Objectives

a. Objectives

  • Overall objective

Protect, promote and defend the interests of domestic workers and Informal workers in their daily
activities.

  • Specific objectives

a) Defend socio-economic interests of domestic workers and street vendors of informal sector in Rwanda.
b) Make sure that domestic workers and street vendors’ voice is heard.
c) Conduct research related to domestic workers and street vendors in order to improve wage conditions of workers evolving in that sector.
d) Sensitise and train domestic and informal workers about laws regulating labor.
e) Make advocacy for domestic workers and street vendors of informal sector for their good treatment.
f) Sensitise the community about the issues affecting the well being of domestic workers and street vendors of informal sector in a country.

b. Mission/Vision

To protect and promote the rights of workers in informal economy in view of improving their
living and working conditions

History

SYTRIECI “Syndicat des Travailleurs Domestiques et Indépendants de l ‘Economie Informelle” is a non-governmental organization composed both of women and men in informal sector. It is one of the ten trade un6/11/2017ions which are members of the National Council of the Free Trade Unions in Rwanda “COSYLI”. It is also affiliated to “StreetNet International” since 2015 and can also join other organisations of workers fulfilling the same objectives. The decision of membership to this organisation is taken by majority vote during the Congress meeting.

This Trade Union “SYTRIECI” is also apolitical and non-denominational. It has been founded officially in February 23rd, 2014 at Kigali- Rwanda. Its Legal Personality has been obtained on November 6, 2017, in the official Gazette N0 45 of 6/11/2017. The reasons of its creation are:

  • Promote the labor and the workers’ rights
  • Protect and defend the interests of independent workers of informal sector in their daily job.
  • Defend independent informal workers’ socio-economic interests.
  • Make sure that informal workers’ voice is heard.
  • Advocacy for workers in informal sector at several levels