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In a webinar from WIEGO’s Workers´ Voices series, Nohra Padilla—leader of the Waste Pickers Association of Bogotá and ANR—shares with other workers the key milestones of the fight that won the waste pickers recognition as recycling public service providers. In this conversation with Federico Parra...
En un seminario virtual de la serie La voz de las trabajadoras y trabajadores, Nohra Padilla, líder de la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB) y de la ANR, comparte con otros trabajadores los momentos clave de la lucha en la que ganaron el reconocimiento como prestadores del servicio público...
Dans un webinaire de la série La voix des travailleuse·eur·s, Nohra Padilla, dirigeante de l’Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB) et de l’ANR, partage avec d’autres travailleuse·eur·s les moments clés de la lutte dans laquelle elles ont été reconnu·e·s comme fournisseuse·eur·s du service...
With formal workers buffered to some extent by the protection provided through their formalized work relations, and the poorest of the poor able to cling to their pre-existing lifeline of governmental social assistance, it was the ‘missing middle’, often uncovered by any protection programmes, that...
Dado que la situación de lxs trabajadorxs en empleo formal se ve atenuada, hasta cierto punto, por la protección que reciben a través de sus relaciones laborales formalizadas, y que lxs más afectadxs por la pobreza pueden aferrarse al salvavidas preexistente de la asistencia social gubernamental...
Les travailleuse·eur·s du formel, d’une part, ont été quelque peu touché·e·s par la protection offerte par leurs relations de travail officielles. Les plus démuni·e·s, d’autre part, subsistent grâce aux aides sociales gouvernementales. Voilà le « milieu délaissé », souvent négligé par les programmes...
There are no economic indicators so important or revealing as the words of workers. Today, the voices of informal economy workers, who constitute 60 per cent of the world’s workforce, are helping us unpack the hardship, injustice, and possibility for transformation within our economic system, laid...
No hay indicadores económicos más importantes o reveladores que las palabras de lxs trabajadorxs. Actualmente, las voces de lxs trabajadorxs de la economía informal, que representan el 60% de lxs trabajadorxs en el mundo, nos ayudan a comprender las dificultades, la injusticia y la posibilidad de...
Il n’y a pas d’indicateurs économiques aussi importants ou révélateurs que les mots des travailleuse·eur·s. Aujourd’hui, les voix des travailleuse·eur·s de l’économie informelle, qui représentent 60 % de l’emploi mondial, nous aident à surmonter les difficultés, l’injustice et les possibilités de...
When COVID-19 hit, Vandi Lansana knew what he had to do. As National Vice President of the Sierra Leone Traders’ Union, he had dealt with a fast-spreading, dangerous disease before: Ebola. Unlike the current COVID-19 pandemic, not much attention was paid internationally to the Ebola virus, which...
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.