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Abstract: This report is based on a conference organized by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). It introduces different kinds of efforts to organize informal and formal domestic workers in a number of European countries. While the focus is on trade union campaigns, the paper also...
Background paper for Exposure-Dialogue Programme with SEWA. Read this article in German or English .
Background paper for Exposure-Dialogue Programme with SEWA. Read this article in German or English .
ILO Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the Department for Statistics and Sociology of the Republic of Moldova
Independent Institute for Social Policy, Workforce Development Study Conference, Johannesburg
Abstract: This article describes an action-research project which has the multiple objectives of mapping the range of home-based work in different countries, investigating the ways in which such work is embodied in local or international production chains, and developing a methodology which will...
Abstract: This article seeks to show the characteristics of homework in the traditional industrial sectors of clothing and footwear in Germany and Spain. We focus, first, on the national contexts in order to grasp how homework is embedded in the economic, political and social environment, and second...
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.