Advanced Search
Search Results
629 results found
This review of literature looks at the micro-political mechanisms through which unorganised labour makes gains in wages and conditions of work, in a context of real wage rises since about 2005 and the ubiquity of informal labour contracts. It examines the micro level impact of demand and supply...
Collective bargaining is usually understood as taking place between an employer(s) and employees. However, workers in the informal economy, including own account workers, are engaged in many different forms of collective negotiation with counterparts that are not employers. This paper builds on...
Co-operatives and Workers in the Informal Economy: Possibilities and Challenges" is an initial study of co-operatives and their relationships to informal workers. It examines case studies from Brazil and India and provides an overview of the relationships between co-operatives and informal workers’...
Visibility and Voice for Union Women: Country Case Studies from Global Labour University Researchers
Volume 4 of the Labor and Globalization Series More information is available here .
This paper presents an exploration at the intersection of four important themes in the current development discourse: urbanization, agglomeration benefits, gender and informality. Focusing on the important policy objective of new enterprise creation in the informal sector, it asks and answers four...
The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) is an initiative of domestic workers' unions together with support organizations. The objectives of the network are: to assist in the organization of domestic workers' unions where they do not yet exist; to serve as a clearing house for the...
This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included are examples of collective bargaining by waste pickers in Brazil, domestic workers in Uruguay, street traders in Liberia, bidi workers in India, and minibus...
This page of the ILO website lists countries which have ratified the C189, the Domestic Workers Convention. It includes notes about the status in each of these countries.
Myrtle Witbooi, IDWN chair: "It's the time to come for the world to give us recognition to that woman who is getting up every morning, living behind our children, living behind our family. It's the time this Convention 189 comes to the reality. How do we make it a reality? On our own, we cannot do...
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.