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Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place

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This Working Paper examines what collective negotiation (bargaining) looks like and what it means for informal worker organizations and their members. It fills a gap in the research about how the informal self-employed access opportunities to bargain with entities that have some power over the conditions of their work. Using cases of street vendor and home-based worker experiences, it explores some of the ways in which negotiation is combined with other approaches and offers examples of gains that have been made.

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Carré, Françoise, Horn, Pat, and Bonner, Chris. Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place. WIEGO Working Paper No. 38, , . WIEGO, 2018. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Carre_Collective_Bargaining_Informal_Workers_WIEGO_WP38.pdfCarré, F., Horn, P., and Bonner, C. (2018). Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place. WIEGO Working Paper No. 38, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Carre_Collective_Bargaining_Informal_Workers_WIEGO_WP38.pdfCarré, Françoise, Horn, Pat, and Bonner, Chris. "Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place." WIEGO Working Paper No. 38, WIEGO, 2018, .Carré Françoise, Horn Pat, and Bonner Chris. "Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place." WIEGO Working Paper No. 38 (2018). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Carre_Collective_Bargaining_Informal_Workers_WIEGO_WP38.pdfCarré, F, Horn, P, and Bonner, C 2018, 'Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place', WIEGO Working Paper No. 38, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Carre_Collective_Bargaining_Informal_Workers_WIEGO_WP38.pdfFrançoise Carré, Pat Horn, and Chris Bonner, 'Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place' (2018) WIEGO Working Paper No. 38 Carré F., Horn P., and Bonner C. Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place. WIEGO Working Paper No. 38. 2018. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Carre_Collective_Bargaining_Informal_Workers_WIEGO_WP38.pdfCarré, Françoise, Horn, Pat, and Bonner, Chris. Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place. WIEGO Working Paper No. 38. 2018. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Carre_Collective_Bargaining_Informal_Workers_WIEGO_WP38.pdf

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