Building Collective Power

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...

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...

Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor

The chapters in this book analyse different types of membership based organizations of the poor (MBOP). The book is characterised by a conviction...

Street Vendors in Asia: A Review

This paper aims to review recent research on street vendors in Asia with the purpose of assessing the magnitude of street vending in different...

South Africa’s Waste Pickers Creating Jobs and Fighting Poverty

Forces for Change: Informal Economy Organisations in Africa

Street vending in urban India: The struggle for recognition

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

 This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.

Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Womens, Association in India

The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is a national labour union that organizes women, workers in the informal economy...

WIEGO, its work on waste-pickers and the first World Encounter of Waste-pickers in Colombia, 2008