Building Collective Power

Why African Craft Makers Should Understand Supply Chains Better

African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could...

Building Collective Power

Organization and Representation Programme

Overturning the Productivity Mandate: Putting People at the Centre

It is a myth that cooperatives, which put people at the centre, are not a viable alternative to the current economic system because they...

The Devil Is in the Detail: The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability and Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains

How close collaboration between homeworker organizations and key allies secured a huge victory: for the first time, EU legislation on corporate...

Desafios dos sindicatos na organização e representação das pessoas trabalhadoras em emprego informal

Com a intenção de aprofundar o conhecimento e a compreensão da relação entre sindicatos e pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais, a...

Report on challenges faced by trade unions in organizing and representing workers in informal employment

To deepen knowledge and understanding of the relationship between trade unions and workers in informal employment, CUT Brasil and WIEGO conducted...

Implementing ILO R204 on the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy: Lessons from South Africa’s Experience

The responsibility for implementation of the International Labour Organization’s Recommendation 204 concerning the Transition from the Informal...

Street Vendors Organize Against Evictions in Dakar

Dakar’s street vendors have united in the PASI platform to assert their rights and propose alternative solutions to the evictions and relocations...

Unlocking Strength and Resilience: The Self Employed Women’s Association’s COVID-19 Strategies in Delhi

  The Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) has over 2.5 million members across 18 states in India. SEWA organizes women workers to achieve...