Building Collective Power

Organising Informal Transport Workers: A Case Study of Zambia

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.

Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank

Collective Care Agreements in the Informal Labour Market: Road Transport Workers in Pakistan

Peru: Trade Unions Respond to Flexibilization

WIEGO Research Project: Informal Workers’ Organizing

This paper provides an overview of informal workers’ own self-organization across a number of sectors. Findings highlight both the...

Domestic Workers: Organizing the Patience Industry

Camarada Albertina Mundlovo is a domestic worker in Maputo, Mozambique. An Indian Ocean port city, Maputo is Mozambique’s largest economic...

The Micro Political Economy of Gains by Unorganised Workers in India

This review of literature looks at the micro-political mechanisms through which unorganised labour makes gains in wages and conditions of...

Deliberation and Development: Rethinking the Role of Voice and Collective Action in Unequal Societies

“This book brings together two fields that rarely converse with one another:

Organizing Informal Workers: Benefits, Challenges, and Successes

Abstract: The informal workforce represents more than half of all workers in most developing countries and a significant share of workers...