Building Collective Power

Street Vendors and the Right to the City

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Collective Strength by Global Networks of the Urban Poor: Policy Implications of Affordable Housing and Co-development Strategies

Over the past two decades it has become widely recognized that housing issues have to be placed in a broader framework acknowledging that...

Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place

This Working Paper examines what collective negotiation (bargaining) looks like and what it means for informal worker organizations and their...

Time for a New Deal: Social Dialogue and the Informal Economy in Zambia

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Out of the Shadows: Homebased Workers Organize for International Recognition

SEEDS, No. 18

Strength in Networks: Employment Rights Organizations and the Problem of Co-Ordination

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Organization, Regulation and Exploitation in the So-Called ‘Urban Informal Sector’

Cooperatives and Unions: Joint Action for Informal Workers

Abstract: This article discusses the possibilities of building networks between trade unions and cooperatives operating in the informal economy....

Organizing on the Streets: A Study of Reclaimers in the Streets of Cape Town

 (Hindi) A summary based on the report by Koni Benson and Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG) ...

Organizing the ‘Unorganized’: Varieties of Transnational Trade Union Collaboration and Social Dialogue in Two Indian Cities

Special issue on labor in the global South