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This paper looks into the legal status of street vendors in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s and illustrates that despite persistent lobbying by street vendors, attempts to liberalize regulations have been met with limited success.
Webpage for the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights in the state of Massachusetts, with links to multilingual resource pages.
This executive law is enacted to ensure that every individual shall have an equal opportunity to participate fully in the economic, cultural and intellectual life of the state, to eliminate and prevent discrimination in employment amongst other things.
This Bill of Rights relates to the employment of domestic workers and creating new provisions in relation to this in the State of Oregon
This pamphlet provides the relevant information concernig the protection of Domestic Workers from harassment
During the 71st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the UN High-Level Panel for Women's Economic Empowerment (UN HLP for WEE) launched their first report. WIEGO and SEWA were represented on the panel and, since March of 2016, advocated for informal workers' demands and...
Full webcast of UN HLP Report Presentation to the Secretary-General event at the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Los Angeles Street Vendor Campaign (LASVC) is the initiative to legalize street vending on Los Angeles' city sidewalks. The organizing efforts by the LASVC were discussed at a panel discussion at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on May 19, 2016.
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) at Cal Poly Pomona hosted a symposium (1-hour) on street vending on May 19, 2016. Organized by Dr. Alvaro Huerta and his urban planning graduate students, in association with co-sponsors, this educational symposium focused on a key question:...
Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face formidable structural obstacles to securing their rights as workers. Despite their apparent vulnerability, these informal workers have built perhaps the most...
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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.