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A passion, mission - organizing waste pickers.

During “The Potential of Cooperatives & the Role of Waste Pickers in the Recycling Sector” workshop in Ankara, Turkey, on 20-21 December 2016, ILO COOP spoke to Manuel Mateu an Engineer from the Movement of Excluded Workers (MTE) in Argentina, about...

Panorama Laboral 2016

Unemployment increased sharply in Latin America and the Caribbean

The average unemployment rate reached 8.1 per cent, according to the annual report. There are 25 million people who are looking for work without success. The quality of employment has also deteriorated because of an increase in informality and...

The 7th Edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy

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

Young entrepreneurs from Latin America need innovative policies and government support

Around 20% of young people in the workforce currently qualify as entrepreneurs, mostly in conditions of economic vulnerability. ILO and UNDP considered necessary to "rethink" policies to improve the integration of youth in a labor market where...

Second anniversary of the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean free of Child Labour

The regional initiative, with its 27 member countries, will help to achieve Target 8.7 of the SDGs

Labour situation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Labour indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to deteriorate in the midst of regional economic contraction

ECLAC/ILO report indicates that urban unemployment increased during the first semester of 2016 and could reach 8.6 per cent for the year on average, with a marked variation between countries and subregions.

Rural employment

ILO: 52 million people working in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean

Greater efforts required to improve working conditions in the countryside, a new ILO regional report on rural employment says.

Labour Migration

ILO: Time to improve governance in labour migration in Latin America and the Caribbean

The number of migrant workers is rising quickly. There are migratory corridors in this region where informal and unprotected people circulate. It is urgent to tackle the labour dimension of migration, says the ILO’s Regional Director.

ILO accompanies the Occupational Safety and Health National Policy Presidential signature

Presidential signature of the Decree approving the OSH National Policy brings to an end a tripartite process of formulation, in which the ILO has provided technical assistance and support to the tripartite constituents.

Indigenous peoples

ILO Bureau for Employer’s Activities launches a report on Convention 169 and its implementation in four Latin American countries

The study, from the employer’s point of view, looks at the regulation processes of prior consultation, its impact in investment projects in the four countries and the main difficulties uncovered. It also provides recommendations in order to allow...

Domestic work

Labour informality affects almost 80 per cent of the 18 million domestic workers in Latin America

A new ILO study highlights the urgency in continuing legislative reform to match domestic women workers’ rights with those of the rest of the workforce, as well as complementary implementation measures. 12 countries from this region have ratified...

ILO Director-General congratulates Colombia for "historic step" towards peace

Guy Ryder says that the Havana bilateral and definitive ceasefire agreement to end hostilities and lay down arms will bring opportunities and challenges, including employment, and that the ILO stands ready to assist.

Report on active labour market policies

ILO: Labour market policies in Latin America must be reoriented to protect social achievements and address productivity gaps

At a time when governments in the region face the dual challenges of creating quality jobs and safeguarding achievements in social inclusion and work quality, an ILO report highlights the need for a new approach based on active labour market...

Media advisory

ILO to issue new report on the impact of Active Labour Market Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

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

Jobs in Latin America

Latin American and Caribbean unemployment to rise in 2016

The evolution of labour markets in the region will be analyzed at ECLAC’s thirty-sixth session, to be held in Mexico this month.

Youth employment

ILO calls for concrete action to tackle youth employment challenge in Latin America

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has paid a two-day visit to Colombia where he met with President Juan Manuel Santos and tripartite Colombian representatives. He also addressed the 9th Ibero-American Conference of Ministers of Labour emphasising the...

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

End of year message from the Director, ILO Office for the Caribbean and closure of the Office during the Christmas break

Ms. Coenjaerts speaks of building and even stronger programme for the Caribbean in 2016, focused is on implementation and action.