Region: Europe & Central Asia

Challenges and Experiences in Organizing Home-Based Workers in Bulgaria

The Home-Based Workers’ Association in Bulgaria is an extraordinary example of how informal women workers have managed to build a strong...

Varieties of Legal Dualism: Making Sense of the Role of Law in Contemporary Russia

Explores dual (formal/informal) systems of political use of the courts and informal social/business networks in Russia.

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

Mobilizing Law in Contemporary Russia: The Evolution of Disputes Over Home Repair Projects

Analyzing the accessibility of formal substantive law to ordinary Russians and finding low rates of participation in the legal system, even...

Promote industrial relations in the domestic work sector in Europe

The present report contains the results of research conducted between May and November 2014 for the EFFAT project “Promote industrial relations...

Neoliberal austerity and the marketisation of elderly careSocial and Cultural Geography

Taking the recent debate on austerity as a starting point, this paper discusses contradictions in current processes of neoliberalisation...

Ratification as International Solidarity – Reflections on Switzerland and Decent Work for Domestic WorkersConnecticut Journal of International Law

Die ILO-Konvention: Gute Arbeit für HausarbeiterinnenLuXemburg: Gesellschaftsanalyse und Linke Praxis

The English title of this German language article is “The ILO Convention Decent Work for Domestic Workers. More than a promise?”...

Informalisation of Employment in Germany? Current Labour Market Trends and Measurement Problems

Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University

Informal Economy and Trade Unions in Germany

Background paper for Exposure-Dialogue Programme with SEWA.Read this article in German or English.