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ILO and UWI Centre for Gender and Development Studies to launch report on Reconciling work and family

The report provides information on workers' experiences, particularly women, of negotiating work and family responsibilities and implications for gender equality and poverty in Trinidad and Tobago. It uses data, interviews and policy reviews to...

Trade union leaders meet on EPA and CSME at ILO-CCL Round Table

The Round Table will contribute to the public discourse on the Economic Partnership Agreement and the CSME, and allow trade unions to gain a better insight into the characteristics of the CSME and the provisions and implications of the EPA

ILO workshop to reveal status report on labour legislation in the region

The findings of an ILO report on the status of compliance of national labour legislation with CARICOM Model Labour Laws in the Caribbean region will be revealed at an ILO Caribbean Tripartite Workshop on Labour Legislation

ILO regional training course for labour dispute for conciliators and mediators

The course is being held for conciliators and mediators in industrial disputes of the Ministries of Labour throughout the Caribbean region.

ILO convenes high-level meeting for caribbean employers' organizations

This high-level meeting is held every 3 years and is the forum where representatives of national, regional and international organizations of employers discuss major concerns within the world of work’s labour and social dimensions.

Harmonizing of labour force surveys for regional integration

The national statistical offices of the five countries have embarked on an ILO project to produce a harmonized series of key labour market indicators from their Labour Force Surveys.

ILO seminar for judges on International Labour Standards (ILS)

Judges from national courts, industrial courts and tribunals, will meet from 25-29 September 2007 to discuss ways of making full use of the resources of international labour law in their daily practice, contributing to better implementation of...

ILO Training Workshop for senior labour officials

OAS and ILO Sign MOU for cooperation at XV-Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour

ILO's Director-General visits Trinidad and Tobago

Address by Mr. Juan Somavia, Director General of the ILO on the occasion of the XV Inter-American Conference Of Labor Ministers (IACML)

ILO's International Training Centre to forge closer ties with Labour Colleges

Labour Colleges and other select organizations with established training programmes related to labour, will soon be able to benefit further from opportunities for training and partnerships offered by the International Labour Organization's...

ILO Training for labour inspectors

The United Nation's International Labour Organization (ILO), Subregional Office for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Ministry of Urban Development, Culture, Labour and Electoral Matters, St. Vincent and the Grenadines will host a training...

ILO launches first in a series of training workshops for labour officials

Jamaican Prime Minister calls ILO's Decent Work Agenda critical to overcoming poverty -- warns of " human tsunami of frustration, rage and...

Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, address to government, employer and worker delegates to the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Caribbean Labour Ministers meet to advance Decent Work Agenda

Labour Ministers and other high-level labour officials from the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean will convene at the Trinidad Hilton and Conference Centre, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 15-16 May 2007 for the Sixth Meeting of Caribbean...