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In these stories, workers allow you a look into their day-to-day lives: their contributions and accomplishments, the people and forces shaping their work and livelihoods, and the importance of their organizations as they fight for improved working conditions.
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Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on a Home-Based Worker in Thailand
Miss Priyamas Sooksombat lives in Noan Sa-aad community in KhonKaen province in Thailand. She is a basket and handbags/bag weaver, whose...
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God is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker’s Story
The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution...
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Deus é meu Despertador
Série Vida dos Trabalhadores.
Dona Maria Brás foi uma força incansável na luta das cooperativas de catadores brasileiros contra a perseguição...
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Headstrong: Profile of a Headloader in Ahmedabad, India
A leader among headloaders in Ahmedabad’s busy textile market, Shanta Bababahi Bhalerao knows firstand how belonging to the growing...
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Domestic Workers: Organizing the Patience Industry
Camarada Albertina Mundlovo is a domestic worker in Maputo, Mozambique. An Indian Ocean port city, Maputo is Mozambique’s largest economic...
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Organizando a Indústria da Paciência: Perfil de uma Trabalhadora Doméstica em Maputo, Moçambique
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Small World, Big Goals: A Home-Based Garment Worker in Delhi
From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work...
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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...
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Gaining Ground: The Cooperative Life of a Smallholder in Uganda
With lives and livelihoods governed by so many forces beyond their control, women coffee producers like Jenipher Wettaka know it takes more...
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Location, Location, Location: The Life of a Refugee Street Barber in Durban, South Africa
Choma Choma Nalushaka made an arduous journey from war-torn Congo to South Africa—then waited years for his family to join him. He has established...
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