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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South Africa’s Waste Pickers Creating Jobs and Fighting Poverty

Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Challenge for Trade Unions. International Politics and Society

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Organising Street Vendors: “Gente de Confiar” Radio Progamme, Lima, Peru

An authentically democratic community requires open channels of communication between citizens. Street markets offer a natural setting for...

Street Traders and their Organisations in South Africa

From the booklet, “The main aim of the research and booklet is to help build strong local and national organisations so that street...

The Micro Political Economy of Gains by Unorganised Workers in India

This review of literature looks at the micro-political mechanisms through which unorganised labour makes gains in wages and conditions of...

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...

Waste Pickers: Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

Working Women and Security: Self Employed Women’s Association’s Response to Crisis

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