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Overview of the domestic worker sector in Ghana
The article describes findings related to women's experiences in collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement. It includes a discussion on challenges of membership-based organizations. Related publication: Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade
Published by: Global Alliance of Waste Pickers
Organizations that organize informal workers are growing in number and scope, particularly in developing countries, but also increasingly in the industrialized countries of the north. These organizations take many different forms such as unions, associations, cooperatives, self-help groups, networks...
This manual, primarily for trade unionists and social movement activists, is designed to provoke and encourage discussion about homeworkers and their rights as workers, raise awareness about the international ILO Home Work Convention and its significance for homeworkers in each country, encourage...
This working paper draws on a rights-based perspective to explore the impact of law, regulation and policy on the informal economy with a focus on street vendors in Ahmedabad.
The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution and gain respect and security as members of cooperative ventures.
The global informal recycling sector has come into focus as the base of the industrial value chain. With few exceptions, reports and articles have investigated the activities, condition, and position of informal enterprises and individuals, but have paid little attention to the context: the waste...
Urbanization and Emerging Population Issues, Working Paper 7
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...
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.