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Code: MAS-REP INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WORKERS’ ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY: A Compendium of Practice Table of contents Preface .................................................................................................................... 8 Acknowledgements .............................................................................................. 11 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WORKERS’ ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY .................................... 12 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................... 13 a. The informal economy absorbs the majority of people at work in the world ................... 13 b. International Labour Standards and the ILO Centenary Declaration at the core of the transition to formality .......................................................................................... 16 c. Overview of the implementation of Recommendation No. 204 ..................................... 18 d. Transition to formality and the Sustainable Development Goals ..................................... 19 2. Process and content ....................................................................................... 21 a. Process for the development of the Compendium ........................................................ 21 b. What information do the practices provide? .................................................................. 22 c. A quick overview of the regions, sectors and topics covered by the practices ............... 22 COMPENDIUM OF PRACTICE ................................................................. 24 Africa ..................................................................................................................... 25 Benin: Extension of Informal Workers’ Rights .................................................................. 25 Burundi: Collective Bargaining of Informal Workers .......................................................... 29 Democratic Republic of Congo: Representation, Protection and Skills Development of Informal Workers ......................................................................................................... 32 Ghana: Organizing Workers for Decent Jobs ................................................................... 34 Kenya: Preventing HIV/AIDS in the Workplace ................................................................. 37 Malawi: Decent Work Promotion in the Informal Economy through Trade Unions ............ 39 Senegal: Formalizing Work in the Private Security Sector ............................................... 43 Uganda: Trade Unions Reaching out to the Informal Economy ........................................ 45 Zimbabwe: Extension of Membership to Workers and Economic Units in the Informal Economy .................................................................................................. 47 Asia ........................................................................................................................ 49 Cambodia: Promoting Rights and Social Security Coverage of Workers in the Informal Economy ................................................................................................... 49 India: Organization of Self-Employed Women through Cooperatives ................................ 52 Indonesia: Social Protection for Informal Workers ........................................................... 55 Indonesia: Organizing Workers in the Gig Economy in the Transport Sector .................... 57 6 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WORKERS’ ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY: A COMPENDIUM OF PRACTICE Philippines: Formalizing Domestic Work ......................................................................... 59 Singapore: Improved Institutional and Social Protection for Self-Employed Workers ........ 62 Thailand: Bringing Home Workers and Informal Workers into Labour and Social Protection ....................................................................................................... 64 Arab States ........................................................................................................... 67 Jordan: Access by Syrian Refugees to Formal and Decent Employment ......................... 67 Americas and the Caribbean ............................................................................... 70 Americas (Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean): Trade Union Strategy for the Informal Economy .................................................................................................. 70 Argentina: Organizing Service Workers in the Platform Economy .................................... 72 Argentina: Professional Training for Domestic Workers with Trade Unions ....................... 74 Argentina: Information Passport for Paraguayan Migrant Domestic Workers through Cooperation between Trade Unions ..................................................................... 77 Brazil: Promoting Formalization and Social Dialogue for Legal Recognition through Grassroots Organizations .................................................................................... 80 Chile: Unionization and Promotion of the Rights of Home Workers .................................. 83 Colombia: Employment and Recognition of Labour and Social Rights of Community Mothers ..................................................................................................... 86 Costa Rica: Support for the Formalization of Nicaraguan Migrant Workers ...................... 89 Dominican Republic: Mutual Insurance and Social Security for Own-Account Workers ................................................................................................ 92 Peru: Improving Incomes and Working Conditions of Dockworkers through Trade Unions and their Federation ....................................................................... 95 Trinidad and Tobago: Minimum Wages for Domestic Workers ...................................... 98 Uruguay: Minimum Salary and Social Security for Domestic Workers through Collective Bargaining ......................................................................................... 100 Europe ................................................................................................................. 104 France: Collective Agreement for Domestic Work .......................................................... 104 Germany, Austria and Sweden: Improving Working Conditions of Crowdworkers through an Ombuds Office and Increasing Transparency of Platforms’ Working Conditions for Crowdworkers ......................................................................................... 105 TABLE OF CONTENTS 7 Preface he Compendium of Practice is a compilation of concrete examples, drawn from around the world, showing how trade unions have sought to reach out to workers in