Building Collective Power

Recycling Livelihoods: A Global Network Supports Waste-Pickers in Latin America

Standing for long hours in line to receive your first paycheck may sound pretty stressful. However, for recyclers in Bogotá, their first...

Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Towards an ILO Convention

Unprotected Labour: What Role for Unions in the Informal Economy?

Articles include:InterviewInformal work: From concept to action, by Christine NathanInformal work: Concept and definitionWork, law and the...

Collective Care Agreements in the Informal Labour Market: Road Transport Workers in Pakistan

Forces for Change: Informal Economy Organisations in Africa

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...

Organizing Informal Workers by Combining Power, Protection, and PoliticsSocial Policy

Summary from article: The number of contingent, casual, irregular workers is rising both in the developed and developing world. In the United...

Trade unions and informal workers’ associations in the urban informal economy of Ecuador

This paper, which forms part of a knoweldge-sharing project on the informal economy, provides thought-provoking insights into the situation...

Review of “Solidarity – Selected Essays” by Dan Gallin

From the review: “This collection of essays and presentations by Dan Gallin starting from his youth as a young socialist, through his...

Organizing Informal Workers: Benefits, Challenges, and Successes

Abstract: The informal workforce represents more than half of all workers in most developing countries and a significant share of workers...