June 1-12 2026

HomeNet International participated with a delegation of home-based worker leaders and representatives at the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC), which took place from June 1–12, 2026.

During this two-week session, governments, employers, and workers’ organizations from around the world engaged in key discussions shaping the future of work. This year’s agenda included discussions on standard-setting for decent work in the platform economy, on social dialogue and tripartism, and on the transformative agenda for gender equality at work. The session concluded with a landmark outcome: the adoption of Convention No. 193 on Decent Work in the Platform Economy, a historic milestone that establishes international labour standards for the growing number of workers engaged through digital platforms.

Together with delegations from our sister organizations — the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), StreetNet International, the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers, and WIEGO — HomeNet International brought the voices and realities of home-based workers to the stage and called for inclusive labour standards, gender-responsive policies, universal social protection, and meaningful participation of informal economy workers in decision-making spaces. The adoption of Convention No. 193 marks a significant step forward, and HNI will continue to monitor its implementation and advocate for its scope to fully reflect the realities of home-based workers. As platformization, digitalization, and economic inequalities continue to reshape the world of work, HNI will continue pushing to ensure that decent work, labour protections, and collective bargaining rights reach all workers — including those working from their homes.

HomeNet International Delegation at ILC

Patricia Coñoman, is a leader of the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores en Domicilio (CONATRADO) of Chile and a member of the regional organization COTRADO ALAC. She was president of the CONTEXTIL union for 40 years (1975-2015) and was part of the board of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) from 1988 to 2017. In addition, she served as Councilwoman of the commune of El Bosque in Chile from 2021 to 2025.

Edileuza Guimarães is a member of HomeNet International's Executive Committee and the President of ATEMDO - Association of Home-based Workers of Solidarity Economy in Brazil. With a strong engagement in the Solidarity Economy movement since 2005, she actively supports workers from all segments of the informal economy. Edileuza is also a member of the Interim Committee of COTRADO ALAC, further contributing to advocating for the rights of informal economy workers.

Joint Statement - No Worker Left Behind: A Stronger ILO Convention for Decent Work in the Platform Economy

The statement, signed by more than 30 worker organizations, trade unions, and civil society groups from around the world, calls for a strong and inclusive ILO Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy. It urges governments to guarantee rights, protections, transparency, and collective bargaining for all platform workers, including workers in informal employment, own-account workers, and home-based workers, regardless of their employment status.

Plenary Sitting

At the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference, Jemimah Nyakongo, Interim Coordinator of HomeNet International and a home-based worker herself, delivered a powerful intervention calling for an inclusive future of work that leaves no one behind.

Speaking on behalf of more than 1.5 million home-based workers worldwide, she urged governments, employers, and workers to ensure that the proposed ILO Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy protects all platform workers, regardless of their employment status. She highlighted the realities faced by home-based workers in the informal economy, including low and unpredictable incomes, algorithmic control, unpaid care responsibilities, and exclusion from labour protections and decision-making.

“No future of work can be fair if it leaves home-based workers behind.”
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General Resources

Committee on Decent Work in the Platform Economy

Recurrent Discussion on Social Dialogue & Tripartism

General Discussion Committee on the Transformative Agenda for Gender Equality at Work