{"product_id":"informal-workers-and-collective-action-a-global-perspective-9781501705564","title":"Informal Workers and Collective Action: A Global Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Adrienne E. Eaton | Susan J. Schurman | Martha A. Chen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: ILR Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Labor \u0026amp; Industrial Relations - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInformal Workers and Collective Action\u003c\/i\u003e features nine cases of collective action to improve the status and working conditions of informal workers. Adrienne E. Eaton, Susan J. Schurman, and Martha A. Chen set the stage by defining informal work and describing the types of organizations that represent the interests of informal workers and the lessons that may be learned from the examples presented in the book. Cases from a diverse set of countries--Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Georgia, Liberia, South Africa, Tunisia, and Uruguay--focus on two broad types of informal workers: \"waged\" workers, including port workers, beer promoters, hospitality and retail workers, domestic workers, low-skilled public sector workers, and construction workers; and self-employed workers, including street vendors, waste recyclers, and minibus drivers.These cases demonstrate that workers and labor organizations around the world are rediscovering the lessons of early labor organizers on how to aggregate individuals' sense of injustice into forms of collective action that achieve a level of power that can yield important changes in their work and lives.\u003ci\u003e Informal Workers and Collective Action\u003c\/i\u003e makes a strong argument that informal workers, their organizations, and their campaigns represent the leading edge of the most significant change in the global labor movement in more than a century.Contributors\u003cbr\u003eGocha Aleksandria, Georgian Trade Union Confederation\u003cbr\u003eMartha A. Chen, Harvard University and WIEGO \u003cbr\u003eSonia Maria Dias, WIEGO and Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil\u003cbr\u003eAdrienne E. Eaton, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey\u003cbr\u003eMary Evans, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey\u003cbr\u003eJanice Fine, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey\u003cbr\u003eMary Goldsmith, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Hawkins, National Trade Union School of Colombia\u003cbr\u003eElza Jgerenaia, Labor and Employment Policy Department for the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, Republic of Georgia\u003cbr\u003eStephen J. King, Georgetown University\u003cbr\u003eAllison J. Petrozziello, UN Women and the Center for Migration Observation and Social Development\u003cbr\u003ePewee Reed, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Liberia\u003cbr\u003eSahra Ryklief, International Federation of Workers' Education Associations\u003cbr\u003eSusan J. Schurman, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey\u003cbr\u003eVera Alice Cardoso Silva, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil\u003cbr\u003eMilton Weeks, Devin Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46475450712215,"sku":"9781501705564","price":16584.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781501705564.jpg?v=1766274090","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/informal-workers-and-collective-action-a-global-perspective-9781501705564","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}