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Collective Negotiations & Strategy Development for Workers in the Informal Economy – Five-Day Training Workshop – Participants

By on September 24, 2025

This participant manual is a practical companion for informal economy worker representatives taking part in a five-day training workshop on collective negotiations.

The manual offers:

  • A clear agenda and learning objectives for each day of the workshop

  • Activities to practice negotiation skills and build confidence

  • Handouts on steps for successful negotiations, strategies, tactics, and writing agreements

  • Checklists for preparation, reporting back, and enforcing agreements

  • Opportunities for field visits, lessons-learned discussions, and creating future negotiation strategies

Through this manual, participants learn how to transform workplace issues into clear demands, prepare negotiation plans, engage collectively with authorities, and document agreements that can be enforced. The training encourages inclusive participation and gender equity throughout the process.

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