Crossing the divide : informal workers and trade unions building power
Spooner, Dave ; Montague-Nelson, Georgia ; Whelligan, Jess
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - Berlin
2021
32 p.
informal economy ; informal employment ; trade union ; labour movement ; precarious employment ; workers rights
Global Policy and Development
March 2021
Employment
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/17534-20210311.pdf
English
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"Millions of people throughout the world work in the informal economy. In many countries, most workers are obliged to work informally, particularly in the global South – although a growing number are to be found in advanced industrial – or post-industrial – economies. This is not a choice for most informal workers, but the only means of survival in the absence of formal jobs..."
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