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Trade Union of Self-Employed and Individual Entrepreneurs of Georgia

Join the Trade Union of Self-Employed and Individual Entrepreneurs of Georgia to tackle common challenges faced by street vendors, marketplace traders, and small workshop owners. Learn how the union advocates for fair treatment, legal recognition, and social benefits for its 750+ members and potential thousands more. Address issues like unfair fines, complicated trade rules, and lack of social security through collective representation and engagement with authorities. Benefit from exclusive insurance, bank credits, business training, and legal advice by becoming a member. Stay informed about legislation changes affecting your work. Let's empower self-employed workers together!

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Trade Union of Self-Employed and Individual Entrepreneurs of Georgia

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  1. Trade Union of Self-Employed and Individual Entrepreneurs of Georgia This presentation reflects content of the leaflets disseminated to the street-vendors, marketplace traders, owners of small workshops and other self-employed workers

  2. Trade Union of Self-Employed and Individual Entrepreneurs of Georgia • Introduction • Problems faced • How to address the problems • We offer

  3. Introduction • Trade Union of Self-Employed and individual entrepreneurs was founded by the self-employed persons working at Tbilisi and Rustavi marketplaces in December 2007. • We unite more than 750 members; • There is a great potential for our unified family to grow fast to several thousands as more than 200 000 Georgian citizens unofficially hold the status of self-employed, just like you and we do.

  4. Problems you face • You are unfairly fined by the Tax Inspectorate and other Financial Services • You are imposed on inadequate trade rules that are too complicated to meet/observe (especially on selling a second hand product, dealing with scrap metal and so on); • You are Unlawfully forced to use cash machine; • You are under the constant threat of losing working space/area, market shelter or workshop may be taken away or get demolished at any moment;

  5. Problems you face • No one records/registers or takes note of the number of years you work to secure adequate and decent pension; • You are called a Self-employed but don’t have legal social status; • Vacation/leave is just a dream for you; • Pregnant self-employed women are denied the right to paid maternity leave provided by the state fund

  6. How to address the problems • By advocating and representing your interests in the/at the executive and legislative bodies; • Making the central, regional and local governments to acknowledge and respect self-employed workers merits and rights; • Making the local communities to understand your concerns, your merits

  7. How to address the problems • Making an owner of a marketplace to recognize you as a partner and address your concerns by: • signing a decent contract with you, providing you with more protection ; • Have an owner to redress any delays (when electricity, gas supply is cut-off, when fire or any type of emergency takes place) ; • Have an owner to charge you less amount for rent when you have to be away for family reasons;

  8. How to address the problems • Get informed years before the municipal authority/council decides to remove the marketplace, in order to react/adjust your activities immediately • In case of removal of the market place/workshops have the authorities responsible to provide with alternative options (territory, space, etc)

  9. We Offer In case of becoming our union member : • we will negotiate exclusive private insurance (health, pension etc) terms for you; • You will get suitable bank credits; • trainings on how to start and develop your business, get new skills; • free advice on legal and financial/book keeping issues; • You will be regularly updated on changes/amendments to the legislation affecting your working activities

  10. Thanks for listening

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