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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Statement on the International Year of Cooperatives – Social and Solidarity Economy: A Call for Systemic Change

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  • A street vendor in Mexico City prepares fresh watermelon and bananas for customers at a bustling outdoor market Post
  • Law & Informality Insights

    From the Palace to the Kitchens: Making C189 Real for Domestic Workers in Africa – WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 9

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  • Organizing Briefs

    From ‘Battles’ to Collective Agreements Between Street Vendors and Local Authorities in Zimbabwe – WIEGO Organizing Brief No. 17

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  • Home-based worker, Tanzania, Uganda Post
    Building Collective Power August 16, 2024

    Why African Craft Makers Should Understand Supply Chains Better

    African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could...

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  • Resilient workers in New York City's informal economy Post
    Access to Public Space July 29, 2024

    How Recyclers and Vendors in New York City are Challenging Big Money to Build a Better City for Working People

    By keeping corporations accountable for the waste they produce and providing affordable goods and services to working class people, recyclers...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Page
  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Page

    Organization and Representation Programme

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  • Members of MTE hold a demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina Post

    Overturning the Productivity Mandate: Putting People at the Centre

    It is a myth that cooperatives, which put people at the centre, are not a viable alternative to the current economic system because they...

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  • A garment worker stitches in Tiruppur, India, during the Covid-19 pandemic Post

    The Devil Is in the Detail: The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability and Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains

    How close collaboration between homeworker organizations and key allies secured a huge victory: for the first time, EU legislation on corporate...

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