Africa

Book Review: “A Bridge Between Trade Unions and Social Movements in Contemporary South Africa” by Ercüment Celik

The book review is on pages 9 – 10 of the newsletter.

The Manchester Road: Women and the Informalization of Work in South Africa’s Footwear Industry

Abstract: The article discusses the informalization of work in the footwear industry of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and its impact on...

Chapter 5 – Tackling Urban Management Issues: A Cooperative Effort

Myths of Globalisation: Private Regulation and Farm Worker Livelihoods on Western Cape FarmsTransformation

Nurturing a culture of compliance with domestic workers’ rights in South Africa

Accumulation by dispossession and the informal economy – Struggles over knowledge, being and waste at a Soweto garbage dumpEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space

Melanie Samson, former coordinator of WIEGO’s work with waste pickers in Africa,  recently published an article entitled “Accumulation...

Resumen de los resultados del estudio sobre las trabajadoras en empleo informal y el cuidado infantil en seis organizaciones con base de miembros de trabajadoras pobres

Esta publicación es un resumen de “Nuestros niños no reciben la atención que merecen”: Una síntesis de los resultados de la investigación...

Organising Informal Transport Workers: The Informal Economy and the Unionisation of Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in Benin

Community Unionism in Africa: The Case of Mozambique

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The “China Challenge”: The global dimensions of activism and the informal economy in Dakar, Senegal

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