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South Asia
October 26, 2020

Since the dawn of civilisation, when economies were rudimentary, and currency was still in the form of cowries and coarse metal, labour has largely been informal. Despite rapid modernisation, beginning with the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, the informal economy has continued to expand, employing millions. Workers in the informal sector shape the globalised...

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Africa
October 22, 2020

Experiences of home-based worker running a small workshop in Cape Town, South Africa. Since the start of the national Lockdown in South Africa, home-based workers were severely affected. Abby’s story is one of several thousands who suffered loss of income during this period. In fact, since the beginning of 2020 Abby had no work....

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Africa
October 22, 2020

Experiences of Home-based Workers of the Litha Cooperative, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa.
We work together in the Litha Cooperative, a registered cooperative in Cape Town. The group is composed of eight women home-based workers. We are one of seven cooperatives that get regular work from the social enterprise, Township Patterns....

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COTRADO ALAC
October 10, 2020

Raise your arms, fellow worker, with all our strength for which we are, alive with fury for those who are not by the Covid snatched and with hope for those to come. Raise your hands and let's make a chain of unity, of simple hands We are in the north, we are in the south, we are in the east,...

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COTRADO ALAC
October 1, 2020

We are moved by unemployment, the lack of food for our neighbors, friends, and colleagues. We started a pot of solidarity, full of mystique and companionship. Cook together taking all the relevant measures, we look fun with zero glamor, a cap or a hair scarf, a mask, gloves, and a nylon dress. The first thing we do...

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COTRADO ALAC
October 1, 2020

Había una vez hace mucho tiempo grandes empresas textiles y de la confección y esta historia esta basada en una fábrica de camisas, que es de donde yo vivía “el ratón”. Como cualquier otro humilde y proletario, en la fábrica de camisas. Me crie en medio de telas, hilos , botones,  yo me divertía en...

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