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How close collaboration between homeworker organizations and key allies secured a huge victory: for the first time, EU legislation on corporate sustainability will protect the human rights of all supply chain workers, including homeworkers.
The 2024 International Labour Conference (ILC) will include a general discussion on decent work and the care economy. WIEGO, along with sister organizations, will advocate for recognition of care as a public good, the right to care services and social protection for all workers and for social...
The 112th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) is being held at the International Labour Organization (ILO) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in June 2024. Government officials, trade union representatives and employers’ associations from 187 countries gather every year in Geneva...
This webinar –co-hosted by UNU-WIDER and WIEGO– will serve to launch the book "COVID-19 and the Informal Economy: Impact, Recovery and the Future" and feature reflections and a Q&A with the book editors and authors.
Desafios dos sindicatos na organização e representação das pessoas trabalhadoras em emprego informal
Com a intenção de aprofundar o conhecimento e a compreensão da relação entre sindicatos e pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais, a CUT Brasil e a WIEGO realizaram uma pesquisa sobre “Desafios e respostas dos sindicatos na organização e representação das pessoas trabalhadoras em emprego...
To deepen knowledge and understanding of the relationship between trade unions and workers in informal employment, CUT Brasil and WIEGO conducted a survey on “Trade unions' challenges and responses in organizing and representing workers in informal employment.”
A Federação Internacional de Trabalhadores Domésticos (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, a Aliança Internacional de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (IAWP), as Associações de Mulheres Trabalhadoras Autônomas (SEWA), Índia, e a Mulheres no Emprego Informal: Globalizando e...
Международная федерация домашних работников (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, Международный альянс сборщиков мусора (IAWP), Ассоциация самозанятых женщин (SEWA), Индия, и организация «Женщины в неформальной занятости: глобализация и органайзинг» (WIEGO) приветствуют доклад МОТ...
The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, the International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP), Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India, and WIEGO welcome the report by the International Labour Organization on Decent work and the care...
If governments cannot create jobs, yet criminalize citizens who create their own jobs, they risk social instability. Yet governments routinely refuse to engage with informal vendors to discuss an enabling legal framework to regulate their use of public space. Instead, governments see vendors and...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.