Organization & Representation Programme

Programme Activities Workers Voice and Representation are Ensured through Stronger Organizations

• Organization

  Governments, corporate actors and others who exploit workers know no borders – so the fight against this exploitation must be global.

  The Organization and Representation Programme supports workers in informal employment to unite into membership-based organizations at all levels, including international networks.

  This means providing worker education through the WIEGO School, so workers can exchange the knowledge and skills they need to organize effectively, maximizing their ability to build collective power and influence.

  It also involves documenting strategies from the Social and Solidarity Economy –  a way of organizing work that centres human well-being, democratic and participatory decision-making, and collective ownership.

• Representation

  We support workers to bring their voices to the world stage with demands and policy positions at international forums, on issues such as labour rights and climate change. 

  For more than 25 years, WIEGO has helped workers voice their issues at the International Labour Conference to influence the creation of international labour standards that regulate the world of work.

  We use various formats to communicate workers’ demands: position papers to establish their perspectives, data and arguments on policies, briefing notes to inform and influence decision-makers, and a platform of demands to outline what workers want and why.

  The Programme also provides training on strategies to implement ILO Recommendation 204 on the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy, so that workers across sectors of the informal economy can use the standard to negotiate.