Theme: Building Collective Power

Out of the Shadows: Homebased Workers Organize for International Recognition

SEEDS, No. 18

Propositions on Trade Unions and Informal Employment in Times of Globalization

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Organizing in South Africa’s Informal Economy: An Overview of Four Sectoral Case Studies

In Focus Programme, Series on Representation and Organization Building. Working Paper, No. 60

Informalization from above, informalization from below: Options for organization

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

Special issue on labor in the global South

Two Economies? Mistaken Idea?

Defining and Categorizing Organizations of Informal Workers in Developing and Developed Countries

This organizing brief, written for researchers and activists concerned about informal workers, aims to capture the full range of or­ganizational...

Engendering Waste Pickers Cooperatives in Brazil

Women waste pickers experience multiple forms of oppression within the sector, despite the invisibility of these specific gender-based vulnerabilities....

Summary of Key Findings from Cooperation Among Workers in the Informal Economy: A Focus on Home-Based Workers and Waste Pickers

This is a summary of a report that is part of the joint ILO and WIEGO initiative, which focuses on the current challenges, opportunities,...

The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models

Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...