SSE and Cooperatives

WIEGO’s Work with Cooperatives

Cooperatives are an important form of democratic organization and solidarity for informal workers, who come together to gain access to services...

Project to help improve working conditions for Mbeubeuss waste pickers

WIEGO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have launched a joint initiative to work with waste pickers at Mbeubeuss, the largest...

Brazilian recyclers take the wheel in door to door collection

In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a new model of selective collection has given informal catadores (recyclers) responsibility for collecting door-to-door...

Organizing Informal Workers by Combining Power, Protection, and PoliticsSocial Policy

Summary from article: The number of contingent, casual, irregular workers is rising both in the developed and developing world. In the United...

A Spreading Banyan Tree: the Self-Employed Women’s Association, India

Organising in the Taxi Industry: The South African Experience

Towards Economic Freedom: The Impact of SEWA

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Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Industry in South Africa

SEED Working Paper No. 66 Abstract: Examines features of the municipal waste management sector in South Africa, including the legal and policy...

The Self-Employed Women’s Association

Industrial Conflict in India in the Post-Reform Period

The processes of liberalisation, globalisation, and privatisation were expected to weaken the bargaining power of workers vis-à-vis employers...