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In November 2023, Argentina elected Javier Milei, a right-wing former television personality, as its president. Milei promised to implement radical, libertarian policies such as abolishing the central bank and eliminating public institutions. His victory, with 56 percent of the vote, was supported by sections of the working class, particularly young males in the informal sector. This election marks a potential transition to a new political and social regime in Argentina. The country has previously been governed by populist left and neoliberal right governments, but neither type of government has been able to fully address the country's economic challenges. [Extracted from the article]

The Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) is a labor union that was established in 2022 to address the challenges faced by low-wage service workers in the U.S. South. These challenges include state laws that are against unions, lack of federal labor protections, and the exploitation of Black Southern labor. USSW aims to transform low-paying service jobs into jobs with dignity by using direct action, forming alliances with the community, and organizing across different industries. The union draws on the experiences of previous worker organizing efforts in the South and aims to build a strong organization of workers to achieve long-term changes and immediate victories. USSW uses tactics like strikes and worker speak-outs to address issues and demand better working conditions. They also recognize the connection between workplace and community issues and engage in community unionism. USSW focuses on popular education, cultural organizing, and community-building to empower workers and sustain their commitment to fighting for justice. [Extracted from the article]

In this outpouring of gratitude, an army of low-paid workers in the gig economy of day laborers, nannies, cleaners, and delivery workers went unnoticed - even those who performed that most essential of tasks, delivering food to people during a lockdown. Keywords: Worker's Justice Project; informal economy; gig economy; deliveristas; DoorDash; Grubhub; living wage EN Worker's Justice Project informal economy gig economy deliveristas DoorDash Grubhub living wage 23 29 7 06/07/23 20230501 NES 230501 Editor's Note In the winter 2023 issue of I New Labor Forum i , columnist Kressent Pottenger exposed the harsh and demeaning conditions food delivery workers have endured for the privilege of earning a subminimum wage plus tips. Alliances with other worker centers connected delivery workers and helped them build their organizing capacity. In California, several units of grocery store delivery workers (regular employees of those stores) have joined the United Food and Commercial Workers and gained improvements: I Are the deliveristas thinking about affiliating with a union?. [Extracted from the article]

However, not all domestic workers' unions have the option of prioritizing bipartite collective bargaining; while there are thirty domestic workers' unions in Brazil, less than half have their legal registry up-to-date, and the law only formally recognizes three employers' organizations. In 1997, after having transformed their associations into independent labor unions, as permitted by the 1988 Federal Constitution, they created the National Federation of Domestic Workers (FENATRAD), which currently represents seventeen affiliated unions in twelve Brazilian states.[16] When the Labor Code was adopted in 1943, domestic workers, who are predominantly Afro-Brazilian, were explicitly excluded from enjoying full labor rights. Despite these impediments, domestic workers' unions still have the same legal obligations to serve and represent their rank-and-file as any other union, including reviewing severance payments, conducting employer mediation sessions, and representing domestic workers in the labor courts. Keywords: domestic work; informal economy; trade unions; post-impeachment Brazil; labor reforms EN domestic work informal economy trade unions post-impeachment Brazil labor reforms 44 52 9 05/24/22 20220501 NES 220501 Graph: A workshop held with the National Federation of Domestic Workers (FENATRAD) in Brasilia, February 2020.Jana Silverman Brazil is a country marked by historically rooted social, political, and economic inequalities. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: informal economy; labor; politics; poverty; privatization EN informal economy labor politics poverty privatization 60 68 9 01/04/22 20220101 NES 220101 Graph: Top: Chicago Crosby works as an informal recycler or "canner" in New York City, where she is also an organizer with Sure We Can, a non-profit redemption center and canning collective in Brooklyn. 7 Ibid. 8 Ibid. 9 "There is No Recovery without Informal Workers Covid Recovery and Post-Covid Reforms: Demands of Informal Worker Organizations", available at https://www.wiego.org/sites/default/files/resources/file/Informal%20Worker%20Demands%20-%2012-City%20Study.pdf. In some cases, this threat was realized overnight, as abruptly imposed lockdowns forced informal workers - street vendors, domestic workers, moto taxi drivers, market porters, and others - to stay home and find ways to survive without their daily earnings. In cities where cash was provided and workers were able to gain access, many reported that the support was insufficient to meet their needs.[16] Indeed, those workers who received cash grants were not less likely to report adult or childhood hunger at home. [Extracted from the article]

Throughout my conversations with stakeholders, it became clear that the Illinois domestic workers' campaign faced challenges from legislators on two fronts: recognizing domestic workers as employees and legislating within the private sphere of the home. B I ... the Illinois domestic workers' campaign faced challenges... on two fronts: recognizing domestic workers as employees and legislating within the private sphere of the home. i b Graph Table 1. Looking more broadly at domestic workers' organizing efforts, we should recognize that many domestic workers are also undocumented workers with a precarious place in the labor market. Keywords: domestic work; informal economy; labor; organizing; women workers EN domestic work informal economy labor organizing women workers 90 99 10 06/05/21 20210401 NES 210401 Graph: Arise ChicagoArise Chicago domestic worker members and allies celebrate winning the five-year campaign for an Illinois Domestic Workers Bill of Rights with bill sponsor Rep. Lisa Hernandez. [Extracted from the article]

Mariame Kaba and Ruth Wilson Gilmore are leaders in the prison abolitionist movement whose writings and theories have come to the fore in recent years, concurrently with the prisoners' strikes in seventeen states during 2016-2018[8] and successful grassroots efforts. I B ... Out for Justice in 2017 organized to repeal a Reagan-era law still on the books in Maryland denying food stamps to people returning home from jail or prison... b i In Maryland, because of the work of Out for Justice and other grassroots groups, ex-felons won the right to vote in 2015.[15] In practice, though, Hanson Mundell says the carceral system is still disenfranchising people, especially those sitting in jail pretrial. [Extracted from the article]

But the dominant coalition now fighting the invasive oversteps of tech firms - an ideologically diverse cohort of legislators, activists, and nonprofit pressure groups - lack a coherent diagnosis of the material dynamics of surveillance capitalism, as well as a meaningful platform for action. Complex and unilateral service agreements leave disparate consumer-producers without leverage or information to negotiate, and since the labor involved in generating behavioral surplus is not recognized as work, there is no expectation that people ought to be paid for the data they create. Under this regime firms do not only approach people as potential consumers of material goods, but also as potential producers of behavioral commodities, dealing in the prediction and actualization of possible futures. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the Good Work Code (GWC) for the on-demand economy which was formulated by the National Domestic Workers Association (NDWA). Topics discussed include Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh for safe work environment, good capitalism movement, and technology industry in the U.S.

The article focuses on the Good Work Code (GWC) and forms of worker organizing in the U.S. It discusses Jay Youngdahl's three objections to the GWC such as the values framework articulated is aspirational and unenforceable, companies engaging in bad labor practices, and belief to mobilize good capitalism to solve problem of worker exploitation. Other topics include the function of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), labor movement, and vision of GWC.

The article reports on several low-wage workers and allies protesting across the U.S., demanding a raise to the federal minimum wage. It is said that minimum wage increases may not build the sustained power that comes from strong worker organizations and the government's focus should be on strategies that build it.

The article discusses labor movement methods in activism for sex workers by Karnataka Sex Workers Union (KSWU) in Bangalore, India focusing on topics like challenges faced by sex workers in forming unions, occupational health and labor rights, and protection from HIV. Topics include Indian economy, role of international unions like International Union of Sex Workers, symbolic identification with labor movement, working conditions of sex workers, and criminalization of prostitution.

The article discusses the impact of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) on the U.S. labor markets. Topics include the employment of immigrants, the research on informalization which examines the impact of high immigration on construction industry workers in Texas, and the immigrant ethnic economy in Los Angeles, California and New York.

The article offers information on the International Domestic Worker Federation (IDWF). IDWF demands that the essential value of household labor or social reproduction needs to be recognized. Like other labor federations, IDWF helps national groups to encourage the implementation of local standards, pensions and health care.

The article reflects on how restaurant reviews posted on the website of the company Yelp Inc. affect the staff of a restaurant. It opines that consumers often comment on things that are apparent without knowing the actual reasons, for example an overburdened server may not be able to serve faster because of understaffing. It states that managers discipline staff based on the online comments about the service.

The article discusses the strikes of the contract workers, who represent 90% of the whole stuff of the India's biggest privately owned electricity distribution company Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. (Rinfra), which started in 2005 with demands for safe workplace conditions and free rehabilitation in case of work-related accidents. Topics involve the lack of support from the Bombay Electrical Workers Union (BEWU), workplace sabotages, and wage increases and paid leaves since 2006.

The article discusses issues concerning the labor condition in Colombia. It notes that the country has earned its reputation as the most dangerous place on earth for working individuals and trade unionists and highlights the country's free trade agreement (FTA) and human rights violation. Other critical topics such as neoliberalism, free market, and international labor are also discussed.

The article focuses on issues concerning the global economy and employment protection. It notes that governments and the International Financial Institutions (IFI) have utilized the global economic and jobs crisis to impose an anti-worker policy agenda. Critical topics such as labor market flexibilization as well as trade unions are discussed.

The article focuses on the expansion of the concept and definition of the informal workers in developing countries. It explores the two kinds of informal workers and the effort of the International Labour Office (ILO) and its statistical partners in expanding the scope of the informal employment. It also mentions the advantage of the expanded meaning since it also allows authorities to secure legal and social protection for such workers.

A personal narrative is presented in which the author shares his experience of being an immigrant worker and facing race discrimination at work.