Theme: Building Collective Power

The Campaign for a Domestic Workers’ Convention

History was made on June 16, 2011 when governments, employers and workers from around the world adopted the Convention (C189) and accompanying...

Domestic Workers Organizing

Recent Gains Domestic workers have made great strides in organizing globally in recent years. A growing movement led to the formation of...

Challenges of Organizing Informal Workers

Challenges in organizing the informal workforce can be specific to the sector or local context, but the challenges in this overview are similar...

The History of Organizing Informal Workers

Organizing informal workers has a long history. At the dawn of the industrial capitalist age in the eighteenth-century, the whole economy...

Collective Bargaining in the Informal Economy

Why Organizing Matters

Organizing gives the poorest segments of the working class – those working in the informal economy, and especially women – a way to be seen...

Un nouveau projet qui explore comment les récupérateurs et récupératrices de matériaux peuvent aider à résoudre la crise des déchets plastiques dans les océans

Un entretien (Q&R) avec Taylor Cass Talbott Il est difficile de passer à côté des images choquantes de tas de plastiques flottant au...

Organizing for Success and Service in Accra

Naana Adede, Accra, Ghana(2012) There is no running water at the Temas Station market in Accra, Ghana, but heavy rain has left dark puddles,...

Waste Integration in South Africa (WISA)

Informal waste pickers play an integral role in South Africa’s waste industry and keep tonnes of material out of landfills. Now, they are...

Domestic Workers and C189: Making it Real, Africa

Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention...