Organization and Representation Programme

Hacia una alianza global de recicladores (Towards a Global Alliance of Wastepickers)

Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru

Street vendors have occupied public space in central Lima since the colonial period, and the first recorded attempt to regulate street trade...

Solidarity: Selected Essays by Dan Gallin

From Amazon: “A collection of 19 essays by Dan Gallin, the former general secretary of the Geneva-based International Union of Foodworkers...

Mapping of the Policy Context and Catadores Organizations in Maputo, Mozambique

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Laws, Legitimacy and Ongoing Struggle: Lessons from Bolivian Policies on Domestic Workers’ Rights

This Policy Brief explores domestic worker struggles in Bolivia.  It concentrates on laws and policies applied by the government of Evo Morales...

Organizing Reclaimers in Tshwane, South Africa: Lessons from the Top Down and Bottom Up Experiences

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The Mobilization of Bolivian Domestic Workers

This brief describes the mobilization of domestic workers in Bolivia focusing particularly on the campaign that led to the approval of the...

Organizing on the Streets: A Study of Reclaimers in the Streets of Cape Town

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Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place

This Working Paper examines what collective negotiation (bargaining) looks like and what it means for informal worker organizations and their...

Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

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