SSE and Cooperatives

Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World

This book is organised around some of the key themes related to the organising of waste pickers and their integration into municipal waste...

Organising Informal Transport Workers: A Case Study of the National Transport Workers’ Union Philippines

De la lucha por espacios a la creación de alternativas productivas y comerciales

Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina

Organising Informal Transport Workers: The Informal Economy and the Unionisation of Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in Benin

Engendering Waste Pickers Cooperatives in Brazil

Women waste pickers experience multiple forms of oppression within the sector, despite the invisibility of these specific gender-based vulnerabilities....

Manual for Domestic Workers: Organizing a Better Future

This manual, by Committee for Asian Women (CAW) aims to assist the leaders of domestic worker groups to come out of a powerless situation...

In times of crisis, grassroots organizations re-imagine democratic practice

Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins...

WIEGO MBO Newsletter

Our MBO (Membership-based Organization) Newsletter series has been revived, with a new format featuring shorter and more focused stories. ...

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...

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...