Building Collective Power

Unprotected Labour: What Role for Unions in the Informal Economy?

Articles include:InterviewInformal work: From concept to action, by Christine NathanInformal work: Concept and definitionWork, law and the...

Organizing in South Africa’s Informal Economy: An Overview of Four Sectoral Case Studies

In Focus Programme, Series on Representation and Organization Building. Working Paper, No. 60

Respect, rights and recognition: Domestic work and the ILO Standard Setting Process 2010-2011

Informalization from above, informalization from below: Options for organization

Headstrong: Profile of a Headloader in Ahmedabad, India

A leader among headloaders in Ahmedabad’s busy textile market, Shanta Bababahi Bhalerao knows firstand how belonging to the growing...

Challenges and Experiences in Organizing Home-Based Workers in Bulgaria

The Home-Based Workers’ Association in Bulgaria is an extraordinary example of how informal women workers have managed to build a strong...

Review of “Solidarity – Selected Essays” by Dan Gallin

From the review: “This collection of essays and presentations by Dan Gallin starting from his youth as a young socialist, through his...

Redefined Labour Spaces: Organising Workers in Post-Liberalised India

This book discusses the transformation of labour movements and trade unionism in post-liberalised India. It looks at emerging collectivism,...

Reshaping the social contract: emerging relations between the state and informal labor in India

Abstract: This article focuses on informal construction and bidi (local tobacco) workers in India. Informal workers in these sectors can...

Lessons from Practical Experience of Organising Workers in the Informal Economy in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Beyond: The World of Work, Livelihoods and Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Development (Work in Progress)

GLU conference in Campinas, Brazil on Global Development: Challenges for Union Strategies.