Region: United States of America

The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models

Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...

Part-time and Temporary Work: Flexibility for Whom?

‘An area that governs itself ’: Informality, uncertainty and the management of street vending in New York CityPlanning Theory

Laws governing street vending in New York City are confusing, convoluted, at times contradictory and difficult to enforce with any sort of...

Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers

Informal Urbanism in the USA: New Challenges for Theory and PracticePlanning Theory and Practice

Devlin describes the case of immigrant food vendors in an area of Brooklyn and how as they became more popular with better off New Yorkers...

Representing the part-time and contingent workforce: Challenges for unions and public policy

Research on Informal Work in the U.S.: Emerging Concepts and Measurement

Background memo prepared for the WIEGO Workshop on Informal Employment in Developed Countries, Harvard University, October 31 ‐ November...

Law: Hawaii Act 248 – An Act Relating to Labor (Domestics)

Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights for the state of Hawaaii

Protection of Domestic Workers From Harassment Under the NYS Human Rights Law

This pamphlet provides the relevant information concernig the protection of Domestic Workers from harassment

Government Resource: New York City General Vendor License Page

New York City webpage on general vendor license applications (does not apply to food vendors, art vendors, or First Amendment vendors)