Theme: Building Collective Power

Third Regional Meeting of Home-based Worker Organizations and Supporters in Latin America

• September 18, 2019 - September 19, 2019
• Lima, Perú

WIEGO, together with Coordinadora Regional de Organizaciones de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras en Domicilio en América Latina y el Caribe (COTRADO-ALAC),...

Interview: How South Africa Could Become a Model for Formalizing the Informal Economy

WIEGO’s Organization & Representation Programme Director, Jane Barrett, talks about the ILO’s Recommendation 204 on formalizing the...

Worker Education & Advocacy Materials

COVID-19: Safety, prevention and advocacy resources For Domestic Workers’ Organizations Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 –...

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

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Organising Informal Transport Workers

Abstract: This broad overview report combines general information with information from four case studies: National Union of Transport and...

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

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

Work and Economic Security in the 21st Century: What Can We Learn From Ela Bhatt?

This paper is the result of research on SEWA including an interview with Ela Bhatt, conducted by Edward Webster, Professor Emeritus at the...

Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Industry in South Africa

SEED Working Paper No. 66 Abstract: Examines features of the municipal waste management sector in South Africa, including the legal and policy...

Organizing Women Workers in the Informal Economy: Beyond the Weapons of the Weak

Analyzes how women workers are using organization and mobilization to enforce their rights.

Women Workers and the Politics of Claims-Making in a Globalizing Economy

The paper analyses the evolving politics of claims-making by women workers in the Global South in the context of a globalized economy. It...