Theme: Building Collective Power

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...

Collective Bargaining in the Informal Economy: Street Vendors

Collective bargaining is usually understood as taking place between an employer(s) and employees.

Regional Update for HomeNet Southeast Asia – Global Conference on HBWs 2015

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

Domestic Workers in Europe: Getting Organised!

This booklet “displays the findings of the study and shows many good practice examples of what trade unions do and can do to get domestic...

Las tres propuestas del tercio del empleo en Perú

This document (in Spanish), developed by informal workers’ organizations from Peru, presents a set of recommendations in three main...

VIDEO: Sérgio Sanchez from Argentina

In Spanish with English subtitles En español con subtítulos en inglés   From 28-30 November 2016, informal recyclers from Brazil hosted the...

WIEGO Strongly Condemns Violent Assault of Reclaimers Near Genesis Landfill

WIEGO’s response to the attacks on waste pickers who work at the Genesis Landfill in Johannesburg in June 2018. The atttacks, in which...

Informal Workers in Focus Fact Sheet Collection

Contains fact sheets on Street Vendors, Waste Collectors, and Home-based Workers (also available separately)