SEWA began organising
self-employed women workers of Ahmedabad City three decades ago.
From the first handful of workers, the head-loaders of the main
city cloth market, to a total strength of 48,618 urban workers
has been a long road. The size and complexion of our urban membership
has followed the growth and evolution of Ahmedabad.
Organising in the
city developed considerably through the campaign approach, whereby
workers of the main trade groups participated in and developed
their own economic issue-based campaigns. Thus, bidi-workers,
readymade garment workers, vendors, construction workers and those
engaged in small industries as contract workers, organised struggles
to improve their working conditions and wages or earnings.
Trade
1.
Vendors
2. Home-based Workers
a) Bidi
Workers
b) Readymade
Garment Workers
c) Agarbatti
Workers
3. Manual Labourers
& Service providers
a) Construction
Workers
b) Paper
Pickers
c) Head-Loaders
d) Small
Factory Workers
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