Now, the concrete shape of decent work will vary from place to place and over time. We may be talking of the smallest of loans that will enable a family to start earning a decent income. But these microentrepreneurs will only gain strength through organization which gives them voice and the mechanisms to secure some basic forms of social protection, as well as education and even access to the digital world. Women s Association of India are looking at that kind of situation. Elsewhere, at the heart of work in the knowledge economy we see social institutions evolving not disappearing for example teleworkers can t organize in the same way as factory workers.
Global work has to be organized globally.
New modern global trade union groupings, such as Union Network International with 20 million members are emerging. It has signed a global agreement with Telefonica covering basic standards. The knowledge economy is not decreasing the need for organization. Workers in the knowledge economy are becoming more important than financial capital. I believe that, in time, workers in this sector will draw upon this and develop strong organizations.