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Abstract: Abuse is a common problem among domestic workers. Many are trapped in highly exploitative situations with limited, strenuous escape options and negligible support from the host country and labor sending country. With the participation of a select group of Filipino domestic workers who are...
WIEGO has translated the President of Mexico's July 2013 speech, in which he discusses informal employment in Mexico. He notes that "New, more accurate methods introduced by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) have made it clear that six out of every 10 jobs is in the informal...
Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights for the state of Hawaaii
Warwick Junction's First Aiders challenge myths about informal workers. Read this post by Laura Alfers and Phumzile Xulu on the Asiye eTafuleni blog.
Resolución directoral sobre perfil ocupacional de trabajadores del hogar
Student Dissertation - Street traders face various barriers including societal marginalization and pervasive poverty, threatening their well-being. The scarcity of occupational therapy literature around informal economy occupations limits the profession’s understanding about what engagement in such...
(Turkish with English subtitles) A documentary about the lives of waste pickers in a garbage dump in Turkey. Burak Türten was born in Ankara, 1990. He completed his primary and secondary school in Ankara. He entered to Erciyes University, Communication Faculty Radio, Cinema and Television. He...
Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights for the state of Hawaii.
When images of poor labor conditions in the garment industries of leading apparel-exporting countries reach the global news media, it is often because those conditions seem uniquely and unjustifiably extreme. Malnourished workers working 14-hour days faint by the hundreds in Cambodian garment plants...
Front-line jobs in the fast food industry—including cooks, cashiers, delivery workers, and other non-managerial positions—rank among the lowest-paying occupations in the U.S. economy. In response to growing criticism, industry spokespersons have defended low wages for front-line fast food workers by...
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.