All news: Americas + Caribbean

Reshaping skills and lifelong learning for a human-centred pandemic recovery and beyond

ILO supports Caribbean countries to articulate and address challenges through research and dialogue

Decent work for migrants: Swedish cooperation agency Sida and ILO announce new partnership

New project will focus on improving access to jobs for Venezuelan migrants and refugees in their host countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Putting the focus on Decent Work and Labour Migration in Central America!

The ILO launches a series of fact sheets to analyse the labour and migration profile of migrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, as well as a series of recommendations to promote decent jobs, improve working conditions and establish...

The Bahamas launches new Decent Work Country Programme

Five-year Programme seeks to achieve tripartite solutions to comprehensive national labour issues

Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines prepare to strengthen national OSH policy processes

Constituents participate in national ILO-facilitated sessions to articulate priorities and next steps

Joint report

ECLAC and ILO call for urgent measures to support the labour reintegration of women and youth in Latin America

In a new joint report, the two UN organizations indicate that in the medium term it will be necessary to rebuild more resilient labour markets and foster formalization.

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 2: SSE main trends in the different regions and recent development on SSE...

The second plenary session of the Academy took place on November 18th. It focused on the analysis of the main trends and recent developments of SSE policies in select regions of the world. The panel discussants were Mr. José Luis Coraggio (Latin...

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 1: Promoting fundamental principles and rights at work in the SSE

The electives of the SSE Academy were designed for practitioners from around the world to share and discuss practices, ideas and models for SSE action in specific fields. The first elective 1 took place on 16, 17 and 18 November 2021. It focused on...

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

How inequality poses significant challenges to working conditions and productivity in SMEs

A supermarket chain’s success story in kickstarting awareness and dissemination of information through ILO SCORE’s Gender Equality Module

Caribbean Ministers of Labour decide on priority issues to address at upcoming International Labour Conference

ILO-hosted virtual event provides platform to discuss world of work deficits faced by region

ILO Americas participates at the XXII Virtual Regional Conference of Cooperatives of the Americas, November 5, 2021

Message from Dennis Zulu, ILO Caribbean Director, on the Just Transition Declaration

The ILO is already supporting countries to achieve a just transition through the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative. Launched by the United Nations Secretary-General during the 2019 Climate Summit, this important programme is being spearheaded and...

Latin America and the Caribbean

ILO announces winners of the 2nd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call on e-formality and skills development

Winning proposals offer innovative solutions for labour formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean through new technologies and skills development.

Colombia

ILO SCORE Training boost SMEs productivity of the cement sector in Colombia by 210%

As a result of SCORE Training, the Boyacá Cimienta Partnership (ABC) increased the productivity of its supplier firms up to 210 percent. What was the process undertaken for achieving such satisfactory results?

Integrating trade unions and the SDGs in Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen capacity, cooperation, and contribution

ILO Caribbean, UN Trinidad and Tobago and Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies team up to encourage greater workers’ representation in 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

Social partners in Trinidad and Tobago prepare next steps for COVID-19 recovery

Top priorities identified for taking bipartite joint action plan forward

ILO sheds light upon the role of cooperatives in the elimination of child labour at the Academy on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

The two sessions organized in the framework of the Academy provided insights of the ILO’s work with cooperatives toward the elimination of child labour and presented practical cases of cooperatives that take action to combat child labour.

2021 Labor Overview Series

ILO calls for universal social protection in Latin America and the Caribbean following the severe impact of COVID-19

The pandemic has setback contributory social security coverage and put strong pressure on non-contributory schemes that had served to address income loss and poverty in the region. Strengthening social protection, universalizing its coverage and...

E-formality and skills development in Latin America

Announcing the 2nd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call finalists

The finalists will have the opportunity to present their projects during a live-streamed event on 4 November 2021.

The COVID-19 crisis marks an era of transformation for trade unions

Workers’ rights are at the forefront of the recovery and should be recognized as essential to the wellbeing of society – pandemic or not.