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This report presents three examples of emerging institutional arrangements in the labor market from the perspective of the author who works in the garment industry in India. These efforts are works in progress with many gray areas, but together they show that a variety of actors, unions, global...
A brief presentation to visualize the way rapid urbanization and migration impact on social policy needs and financing for women informal workers and their families.
In order to regulate, improve and standarDize informal labor, there is a need for a strategic vision of labor regulation supported by theories, techniques and models that are applicable to informal labor. Social activities linked to labor relations are crucial to the regulation of informal work...
The situation of informality addressed through invisibility and the consequent need to overcome the asymmetrical law of home-based work.
Note prepared for the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.
This is a summary of a report that is part of the joint ILO and WIEGO initiative, which focuses on the current challenges, opportunities, obstacles and practices among cooperatives of waste pickers and home-based workers in order to inform future actions and interventions that support cooperative...
Note prepared for the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.
Concept of the Informal Economy to Labour Market Changes in Developed Countries: What Can Be Learned
This working paper examines how the concept of informal economy can be applied in developed country contexts, paying particular attention to informal employment per se. Rather than simply drawing an analogy between informal employment and various forms of employment that diverge from the historical...
This publication features case studies and profiles highlighting successful interventions by organizations of informal workers and includes strategies used to achieve positive outcomes, all of which can be used as resources for other organizations seeking to support the working poor in the urban...
Latin American home-based workers have taken an important step in creating a unified front to fight for their visibility and rights as workers. They formed “Coordinadora Regional de Organizaciones de Trabajadoras/res en Domicilio en América Latina y el Caribe (COTRADO-ALAC)”, a regional partnership...
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.