Building Collective Power

Organizing Informal Waste Pickers in Bengaluru, India

This case study reviews efforts to organize waste pickers in Bangalore city, Southern India by a network of non-governmental organizations.  ...

VIDEO: Vice-President of StreetNet Addresses ILC Plenary

Juliana Brown Afari, Vice-President of StreetNet, Addresses Plenary International Labour Conference (ILC), June 2014   More information StreetNet Learn...

Declaration of Home-Based Workers

“We, the members of 60 networks, associations and trade unions of home -based workers, together with non-governmental organizations...

VIDEO: WIEGO Network Member PATAMABA at the International Labour Conference (ILC) 2015

Video. Lourdes Gula of HomeNet Philippines (PATAMABA) – a member of the WIEGO network – addresses the tripartite Committee on...

Training Module 3: Promoting Democratic Participation and Accountability

The third in a series of seven training modules titled Developing Leadership and Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade. ...

Nohra Padilla, the Voice of Bogota’s Recycler at COP21

Nohra Padilla, a Colombian waste picker/recycler advocate and recipient of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Award, is interviewed by Cities...

WIEGO en el mundo: Boletín informativo, enero 2017

Este número del boletín WIEGO destaca las actividades de WIEGO entre julio y diciembre de 2016. Entre los temas del boletín figuran la delegación...

Organizing Informal Workers into Trade Unions – A trade union guide

This document offers practical guidance on how to address six institutional challenges in organizing the informal economy into trade unions....

Informal Workers in Focus: Waste Collectors

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Negociaciones Colectivas para los Trabajadores de la Economia Informal (ICC4)