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Who we are

A Space for Worker Voice.

The Inclusive Labor Institute (ILI) is a worker-led resource hub dedicated to understanding the conditions and experiences of the essential workers who power the informal economy and the future of work.

ILI provides a space for worker-led organizations to collect and share knowledge, tell their stories, and collectively advocate for a more just and secure future for workers.

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Worker-Centered, Worker-Led

ILI believes that knowledge on the conditions of work should come from workers, and that the solutions to enable more decent work must be defined by workers themselves.

ILI provides a space where worker-led organizations can collaborate and advocate, and where worker-focused institutions can listen and learn.

Rooted in the Informal Economy

Launched by the Global Fairness Initiative and a coalition of grassroots partners, ILI is fundamentally pro-women. We provide a collaborative space to protect labor rights and create dialogues that promote socio-economic progress, ensuring that communities of promise can become centers of prosperity.

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Our Mission
To provide worker-led organizations and advocates with the tools, data, and community needed to enable knowledge and action for a just, equitable future of work(ers).
Our Vision
A future where all workers, especially women, have access to decent, formal employment so that communities of promise become centers of prosperity.

Our Values

These principles define how the Inclusive Labor Institute works and the culture we foster with partners.

Empowerment
Engaged, informed, and empowered workers are key to economic progress and prosperity in the future of work.
Transparency
When workers have access to data and knowledge, social and labor policies evolve and livelihoods thrive.
Collaboration
Robust engagement between public, private, and worker stakeholders is a central catalyst for change.
Inclusion
A diversity of voices is essential to meaningful social protections and economic progress in the future of work.