United States of America

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...

Measuring Nonstandard Employment in the United States

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

Measuring Non-Standard and Informal Employment in the United States Using Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

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

Employment Change and Economic Vulnerability in the US

LifttheCaps on NYC street vendors!

This video explains the Street Vendor Project’s campaign for more permits for food vendors — and why they are needed. More information...

City of Bend Street Vendors Policy, 2003

To provide consistent guidelines for vendors operating on public right of way in the City of Bend.

VIDEO: Our Work is Honest Work

This video profiles a domestic worker and organizer in the U.S. who talks about the pride she has for her work, her family and her dreams....