Arbeitspapier

Negotiations by workers in the informal economy

Negotiations are a valuable and important tool for increasing the voice of workers in the informal economy. This paper provides empirical evidence from Africa, Asia and the Americas on negotiations and collective bargaining by workers in the informal economy. These practices demonstrate that negotiations involving workers in the informal economy, including those that culminate in collective agreements, are key to ensuring the fair distribution of the fruits of economic progress and labour protection to workers in many countries. They are also an important tool for reducing informalization trends. The paper also shows the multiple challenges workers in the informal economy are facing when organizing and entering into negotiations and outlines some possible pathways on how these can be reduced.

ISBN
978-92-2-038535-7
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ILO Working Paper ; No. 86

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
informal employment
self employment
labour relations
collective bargaining
workers representation
informal economy
nongovernmental organizations

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Schmidt, Verena
Webster, Edward
Mhlana, Siviwe
Forrest, Kally
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
(where)
Geneva
(when)
2023

DOI
doi:10.54394/PVTN9258
Handle
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Schmidt, Verena
  • Webster, Edward
  • Mhlana, Siviwe
  • Forrest, Kally
  • International Labour Organization (ILO)

Time of origin

  • 2023

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