Building Collective Power

Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru

Street vendors have occupied public space in central Lima since the colonial period, and the first recorded attempt to regulate street trade...

Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru

This Briefing Note describes the background, objectives, activities and achievements of the Women’s Network as an example of better practice...

Transforming Lives, Transforming Movement Building: Lessons from the National Domestic Workers Alliance

The Strategy – Organizing – Leadership (SOL) Initiative of the USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity is a collaboration with...

WIEGO Research – Collective Bargaining in the Informal Economy: Street Vendors

Résumé des conclusions principals – La coopération entre les travailleurs de l’économie informelle: Travailleurs à domicile et récupérateurs de matériaux

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...

Organising Workers in the Informal Economy: The Experience of the Self Employed Women’s Union, 1994-2004

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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...

Informal Employment in the Transition Economy of Poland: The Case for Policies Leading to Legalization

WIEGO Research Project: Informal Workers’ Organizing

This paper provides an overview of informal workers’ own self-organization across a number of sectors. Findings highlight both the...