Building Collective Power

Informelle Ökonomie und Gewerkschaften in Deutschland

Background paper for Exposure-Dialogue Programme with SEWA.Read this article in German or English.

Informal Workers in the Developing World: Organizing in the Global Economy New Labor Forum

Informal Workers and Collective Action: A Global Perspective

Informal Workers and Collective Action features nine cases of collective action to improve the status and working conditions of informal...

Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: A Review of Literature

Globalization and Economic Reform as Seen From the Ground: SEWA’s Experience in India

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Organizing Informal Women Workers

Paper prepared for UNRISD Gender Policy Report.Abstract:

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

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

A summary based on the report by Koni Benson & Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, International Labour Research & Information Group (ILRIG)

God is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker’s Story

The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution...

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...