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Domestic workers in Trinidad and Tobago develop a business plan for their cooperative

On May 12 to 13, the ILO organised a workshop with domestic workers and their union in Trinidad and Tobago to develop a business plan for their cooperative. The workshop used the C-BED methodology, a low cost, action-based and participatory group...

ILO to implement training programme on Strengthening Trade Unions’ Understanding and Application of Research Methodology

The participants are expected to leave the course with a better understanding of the research process, quantitative and qualitative data, as well as how to conduct research using different methods and tools, and how to include a gender dimension in...

ILO conducts Workshops focused on productivity improvements for SMEs in 14 CARIFORUM member countries

A CEC position paper on productivity informed by the outcome of the Workshops is currently being drafting for adoption at the CEC Regional Meeting carded for 10-11 April 2017

How social protection can facilitate formalization in the Caribbean

Workshop participants to discuss the ILO’s strategies, policies and tools for the extension of social protection and formalization

Message from Claudia Coenjaerts, Director, ILO DWT and Office for the Caribbean

2016 in review with highlights of expected continued collaboration with constituents in the Caribbean region.

Formalizing informal employment of domestic workers through cooperatives in Trinidad & Tobago

ILO holds discussions with Labour Minister on Future Work Forum

The Forum is scheduled to take place on 29 August 2016.

ILO signs MOU with CARICOM to provide assistance on a regional LMIS

The MOU foresees further collaboration in the area of labour market information.

A First Step Toward Strengthening Domestic Workers’ Cooperatives in Trinidad and Tobago

Future of Jobs

ILO Director-General holds talks with Trinidad and Tobago Government, Employers’ and Workers’ Organizations on the current employment...

The DG identified a set of “instruments” which should be put in place to ensure that the transition to new jobs is easier and that security for workers is provided.

ILO Director General, Guy Ryder, to visit Trinidad and Tobago

Meeting with Dr the Honourable Keith Christopher Rowley, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on the agenda.

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs concludes first Caribbean visit as ILO Regional Director

During his visit, Mr Salazar-Xirinachs attended the first meeting of the Trinidad and Tobago Bipartite Forum, organized by the ECATT and NATUC, and supported by the ILO Office for the Caribbean, under an EU-funded Project

First official Caribbean visit of ILO Regional Director, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs

Mr Salazar-Xirinachs is expected to attend the first meeting of the Trinidad and Tobago bipartite forum

Media Advisory - ILO supports first meeting of the Trinidad and Tobago bipartite forum

The meeting follows an agreement on 5 November 2015 by the affiliates of the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) and the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC) to establish formal bipartite forums in 15 Caribbean countries in order to deepen...

ECATT and HASC sign Memorandum of Understanding

Implementation of the National Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS in all workspaces throughout Trinidad and Tobago on the agenda

ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean attends inter-American meeting in Mexico

Also attending were Caribbean representatives from the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica and Saint Lucia.

2015 Labour Overview

ILO: 1.7 million people joined the ranks of the unemployed in 2015 in Latin America and the Caribbean

The ILO’s 2015 Labour Overview indicates that the economic slowdown has caused a rise in unemployment, particularly among women and young people, and there are signs of increased informality. The situation is worrying and poses policy challenges to...

ILO and Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies update collaboration

The agreement was signed on 1 December 2015, by Claudia Coenjaerts, Director of the ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean and Dr Denise-Margaret Thompson, Director, Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies (CCLCS).

Caribbean Congress of Labour and Caribbean Employers’ Confederation agree to establish formal national bipartite forums

Youth unemployment, TVET curriculum and strategy development, child labour, discrimination and freedom of association among key issues discussed

ILO Media Advisory: Caribbean Employers' and Workers' Organizations to meet in Grenada

Representatives from Caribbean Employers' and Workers' Organizations to develop positions on social and economic issues to be furthered at the regional level