Theme: Building Collective Power

International Domestic Workers Network (IDWN) website

The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) is an initiative of domestic workers’ unions  together with support organizations. ...

Workers in the Informal Economy: Platform of Issues

International Labour Conference, June 2002

Our Story Our Struggle: Lagos Tailors

This booklet emerged out of discussions in a workshop with representatives of the National Union of Tailors, Lagos. The workshop was facilitated...

Spotlight Interview with Mamadou Nama (Burkina Faso – USTB)

Waste pickers in Colombia

In “Order 275, dating from 2011,” a lead waste picker interviews two high-level officials, who explain the content of the constitutional...

Collective Bargaining by Workers of the Indian Unorganized Sector: Struggle, Process, Achievements, and Learning

The main focus of the paper is on highlighting the Self Employed Womens Association (SEWA) strategy for using collective bargaining for decent...

VIDEO: ILC 2014 – Myrtle Witbooi Speaks at Standards Committee

Myrtle Witbooi speaks at the International Labour Conference’s (ILC’s) Standards Committee, June, 2014. For More Information:Learn...

Regional Update for Africa & Middle East Global Conference HBW 2015

Presentation from the 2005 Global Conference on Home-Based Workers (HBW) organized by WIEGO and HomeNet South Asia (HNSA).

Resumen para las OBM – Recomendación del CIT sobre la transición de la economía informal a la economía formal, (No. 204)

El 12 de junio de 2015, la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo aprobó la Recomendación sobre la transición de la economía informal a la...

Minimum Wage Policy Guide

From the Minimum Wage Policy Guide: “Based on existing ILO standards and the diversity of international practice, this website provides...