SSE and Cooperatives

SEWU and Sikhula Tips on Organising Informal Workers

Legal Empowerment of Workers in the Informal Economy

This report provides detailed information on a project, where workers were trained on unionism, social security, occupational health and...

Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA’s Community Health Workers

The following document describes the work of the SEWA’s community workers. This Workers’ Lives essay offers an intimate look at those...

Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Countries

Paper prepared for WIEGO/Cornell/SEWA Conference on Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor, Ahmedabad, India, January 2005

Empoderamiento Legal de los Trabajadores en la Economía Informal

Estratégias para fortelecer la capacidad de las organizaciones de trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal

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...