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The purpose of this statement is to express the Waste Workers Occupational Safety and Health (WWOSH) Committee’s support for the recognition of waste pickers as essential service providers who make a major contribution to human and environmental health, and to call for urgent measures to reduce the...
La démolition du bâtiment central du marché Sandaga, plusieurs fois annoncée et reportée, est prévue après la fête de l’Aid d’El Kébir, en fin juillet 2020. Durant sa réhabilitation, les marchand.e.s seront recasé.e.s au Champ de courses. Les travailleuse.eur.s adhérent au projet, mais certain.e.s s...
El objetivo del presente documento es ofrecer un panorama general de la situación en la que las personas recicladoras que laboran en el ámbito informal de la economía efectúan su actividad de sustento con el fin de brindar herramientas jurídicas para proteger sus derechos humanos a la luz de los...
April 28 is the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The need to protect workers who provide essential services has never been greater. WIEGO offers these insights and shareable prevention and information resources.
Although many informal workers are now considered to be “essential workers,” that was not always the case. Before the crisis, ongoing harassment by authorities, vilification in the media, and discrimination from the general public was commonplace. However, the economic and public health emergency...
Actualmente, a muchas personas trabajadoras en empleo informal se las considera “esenciales”, pero ese no siempre ha sido el caso. Antes de la crisis, lo más común era que fuesen hostigadas continuamente por las autoridades, difamadas por los medios de comunicación y discriminadas por el público en...
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.