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2020

  1. COVID-19 could set back 10 years of progress against child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean

    28 October 2020

    Members and partners of Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour are meeting this week, determined to preserve advancements to reduce child labour

  2. Message from Dennis Zulu, Director, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean on the Anniversary of the ILO Caribbean Office

    20 October 2020

    As we observe the 51st anniversary of the opening of the Office, we look forward to a better tomorrow working together as ILO tripartite constituents, the UN family and other partners towards a more resilient and sustainable recovery, which will lead to the achievement of decent work for all in the Caribbean region

  3. 6 Years of sustained commitment to achieve a joint goal: end child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean

    14 October 2020

    With a view to the International Year 2021, the Network of Focal Points will hold its 6th Annual Meeting virtually from October 27 to 30, 2020 to define priorities, redouble commitments and agree on its action plan on child labour in the context of the crisis associated with COVID-19 and the recovery stage.

  4. ILO: 34 million jobs lost in Latin America and the Caribbean due to crisis

    30 September 2020

    COVID-19 leaves behind a drastic contraction in employment and income in the region. Signs of an early recovery suggest that millions could return to seek employment in the coming weeks, highlighted the ILO in a new edition of its Labour Overview.

  5. Media Advisory: ILO to launch new Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean in times of COVID-19

    23 September 2020

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) invites journalists to a virtual press conference on the latest employment data for Latin America and the Caribbean.

  6. Employers’ and workers’ organizations in Trinidad and Tobago commit to finding joint solutions to COVID-19 crisis

    23 September 2020

    Agreement reached during meeting facilitated by the ILO

  7. Mr Dennis Zulu appointed as the New Director of the ILO Caribbean Office

    01 September 2020

    Mr Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), has appointed Mr Dennis Zulu, a Zambian national, as the new Director of ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean with effect from 01 September 2020.

  8. ILO: Sustainable solutions urgently needed to address collapse of Caribbean tourism employment

    25 August 2020

    New report assesses sector job losses and other decent work deficits due to COVID-19

  9. Call for Expression of Interest Study: Assessment of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020) and of the Impacts on Trade Unions (TU) in Saint Lucia.

    17 August 2020

    This exercise will entail the collection and analysis of data and information from target stakeholders in Saint Lucia, to develop an empirical basis for Trade Union participation in national policy and decision-making and implementation of national resilience interventions.

  10. Call for proposals - Development of the OECS Labour Law Guide

    13 August 2020

    The purpose of the consultancy is to develop a labour law guide for the OECS. The objective of the guide is to provide a single access point for all labour laws in the OECS