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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...
Over the past three decades informal workers, mainly in the global South and their organizations have joined and launched global networks of solidarity, advocacy and militancy. This paper reviews several key differences in some five of the largest global and transnational networks of informal...
Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina
This report provides detailed information on a project, where workers were trained on unionism, social security, occupational health and safety, social protection and legislation for specific sectors. Further, other initiatives are included, like the development of plans of incidence for each of the...
Here StreetNet shares a variety of case studies from around the world about street traders and collective bargaining.
Summary from article: The number of contingent, casual, irregular workers is rising both in the developed and developing world. In the United States the estimates sometimes place the number between twenty and thirty million workers. The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics in its most...
From the book's preface: The current volume discusses the very different experiences of trade unions with governments they had mobilized to vote for. It shows that winning elections is not enough, and that real Labour in the global South change also requires a movement that has the strength and...
Brazil is one of the world’s most progressive countries in integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems, and Belo Horizonte has led the way. This brief provides an overview of all the elements of Belo Horizonte’s approach to including waste pickers into municipal waste management...
Special issue on labor in the global South
Abstract: In this book, Ercüment Celik identifies street vendors as a bridge between trade unions and social movements. Relationships between street vendors‟ organisations in Durban, the shack dwellers movement, and COSATU – a South African trade union federation – are examined together with the...
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.