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Americas: Unions launched a new study on Temporary Agency Work

A new study concerning temporary agency work in eight countries in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Panama and Uruguay) was been launched in Geneva by the Trade Unions Confederation of Americas (TUCA) and the...

Mexico’s green jobs assessment presented at the first National Green Jobs Forum

A total of 150 participants, including social partners, the public and private sector representatives gathered at Mexico’s first National Green Jobs Forum, held on 15 October 2013 in Mexico City.

The trap of undeclared employment in Latin America

In recent years, Latin America has reached a situation of economic growth with a historic unemployment reduction. However over 100 million people in this region find jobs in the undeclared or informal economy .A murky economic area that perpetuates...

Instructors from Technical Vocational Institutions to attend Workshop on Entrepreneurship Education and Curriculum Implementation

Instructors and senior officials of the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities, and TVET Institutions in Saint Lucia attend a Workshop.

ILO Subregional Workshop on Gender Equality at Work

Workshop for judges, senior officers of the court and high-level officials dealing with labour and employment issues as it relates to gender equality.

Trade unions bill discussed between Kazakhstan and the U.S.

Head of the Kazakh Ministry of Labor and Social Protection Tamara Duisenova met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the U.S. to Kazakhstan Kenneth J. Fairfax , the press service of the authority reports.

4th Caribbean Academy for Management of Employers’ Organizations

Senior Officials of Caribbean Employers’ Organizations to attend ILO’s 4th CAMEO in Antigua and Barbuda

The ILO, the European Union and the Honduran Ministry of Labour and Social Security organized a training workshop for the social security...

The International Labour Organization (ILO), along with the European Union and the Honduran Ministry of Labour and Social Security held the seminar-workshop “Improving governance, financing and legal framework of social security schemes in Honduras”...

Vocational training is key to the future of decent work in the region

ILO-CINTERFOR convenes regional meeting with representatives from 27 countries stressed the need to strengthen professional skills, as a prereuisite to facilitate the access of millions of people to more and better jobs

Caribbean labour ministers’ meeting

Caribbean Labour Ministers commit to closer collaboration

The 8th International Labour Organization (ILO) Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers concluded on July 3, 2013 with a commitment to deepen regional national, regional and international collaboration.

Caribbean labour ministers’ meeting

ILO Director-General calls for urgent action on youth unemployment

Guy Ryder tells Caribbean Labour ministers that it is time to act to save a “lost generation” of young people.

Caribbean Labour Ministers Commit to Closer Collaboration

Meeting pledged to deepen national, regional and international collaboration and to work more closely with the ILO to achieve a number of specific goals including the strengthening of social dialogue.

Caribbean Labour Ministers to Discuss Labour and Development

Caribbean Ministers of Labour will focus on strengthening decent work for development during meeting on 2-3 July 2013, in Port of Spain, Trinidad

ILO Director-General calls for urgent action on youth unemployment

Director General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, told Caribbean Labour Ministers that there is a need to focus more closely on strategies to address youth unemployment.

ILO Director-General and Caribbean labour and employer groups discuss social dialogue

Both groups have also lobbied for the establishment of a Labour Unit at the CARICOM Secretariat to monitor and initiate action on the tripartite process.

Caribbean labour ministers' meeting

Keynote address by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, at the 8th Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour

ILO Director-General to address the 8th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers in Port of Spain

ILO Director-General tol attend the 8th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Facing the European crisis: Reflections for Latin America 2

Facing the Crisis in Europe: Stronger Labour Institutions in Latin America 2

Reflections on the case of Barbados