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Waste management and the workplace

Jan Theron, Margareet Visser

New Governance and the Role of Public and Private Monitoring of Labor Conditions: Sweatshops and China Social Compliance for Textile and Apparel Industry/CSC9000T

Paul Harper

Abstract: In this article, the author analyzes the monitoring and enforcement of labor standards in China, as well as the actions of government and outside actors to strengthen the implementation of those standards. Part I analyzes implementation problems through the case of occupational safety and...

Community Unionism in Africa: The Case of Mozambique

Pauline Dibben, Sara Nadin

Abstract: This article focuses on the relationship between ASSOTSI, an informal economy organisation, and OTM, a national federation of trade unions. ASSOTSI represents 40,000 informal workers, the majority of whom are women. The members include business owners; self-employed; and informal employees...

The contested spatialities of transnational activism: gendered gatekeeping and gender struggles in an African association of informal workers

Ilda Lindell

Abstract: This article examines the gender roles and the related tensions in an association of informal vendors in Maputo, and in an international organisation of vendors. The vendors‟ organisation in Maputo has mainly women members, but the leadership consists almost exclusively of men. While the...

Occupational Health and Safety and the Poorest

Frances Lund, Anna Marriott

Occupationally related injury and illness is a major, but largely under-explored, potential source of worker vulnerability. This study investigates the impact of occupational injury and illness on poverty and uses three case studies to examine possible interventions to reduce work-related risks in...