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Media Advisory: National bipartite meeting in Trinidad and Tobago
A series of national bipartite workshops to be conducted in the CARIFORUM member States of Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Media Advisory: National bipartite workshops for CARIFORUM member States
A series of national bipartite workshops to be conducted in the CARIFORUM member States of Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Media Advisory: CARIFORUM access for Caribbean employers’ and workers’ groups
Caribbean employers’ and workers’ representatives to share their views, experiences and aspirations on social and economic policy development
Media Advisory: CARIFORUM access for Haitian employers’ and workers’ groups
Haitian employers’ and workers’ representatives to share their views, experiences and aspirations on social and economic policy development at bipartite Workshop
Caribbean Employers’ Confederation and Caribbean Congress of Labour sign MoU in Brussels
The MoU was signed at the ILO’s Brussels Office, which CEC and CCL were visiting as part of a study tour to gain insight into social dialogue mechanisms within the European Union.
Caribbean Employers’ and Workers' Organizations to visit European Tripartite Council in Brussels
The study tour forms part of a Project funded by the EU, executed by the ILO and implemented by CEC and CCL, which aims to strengthen Caribbean regional organizations to give effective input into economic and social policies at a regional level.
Latin America and the Caribbean assume the commitment to completely end child labour
The Focal Points Network of the “Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour”, launched its first face-to-face meeting in Brasilia
Dominican Republic: Unions support Haitian migrant workers
Greening Haiti
Decades of environmental degradation have left Haiti on the brink, posing a serious threat to lives and livelihoods. Training programmes are helping Haitians move towards a greener, more sustainable economy.
From Haiti
Slavery in a free land
The use of children as domestic workers is pervasive throughout Haiti. Though culturally accepted for generations, a new campaign has been launched to combat what is one of the worst forms of child labour.
A dream made of bricks and mortar
Construction workers are in great demand in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in 2010. Skills, on the other hand, are in short supply.
Feature
Making public-private partnerships work for better insurance coverage
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has seen more than its share of both natural and man-made disasters. In a country like Haiti, microfinance not only helps to create jobs and income, but becomes a relief and survival...
ILO launches employer and trade union guides on the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement
The ILO Office for the Caribbean, has published two user-friendly guides on the CARIFORUM-European Community (EC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) for use by Caribbean employers and trade unionists.
Cooperation against Child Labour
Brazil, U.S. and ILO to expand fight against child labour in post-earthqake Haiti - first ILO North-South-South "triangular agreement"
Brazil and the United States have joined forces to expand the fight against child labour in Haiti, in the first “triangular agreement” on North-South-South cooperation to be signed under the auspices of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Message from Dr. Ana Teresa Romero, Director, ILO Subregional Office for the Caribbean on the occasion of its 40th anniversary
For ILO constituents in the Caribbean, 2009 calls for a “double celebration” - the International Labour Organization is 90 years old and the Office that was setup to serve the Caribbean is 40.
Natural disasters
Gonaives: Preparing for the next big storm
Come hurricane season, the citizens of Gonaives in northern Haiti brace for the worse. Five years ago, Hurricane Jeanne ripped through its shores sending walls of water and mud down the surrounding slopes and changing the face of the city forever. A...
Hope for Haiti’s restavecs: South-South cooperation against child labour
About 600 miles off coast Florida and only a two hour plane ride from Miami, Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere where an estimated 300,000 children work as child labourers. Last month, the Brazilian government announced a...