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

Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller cites Decent Work Agenda as critical to stemming tidal wave of frustration

Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller warned the delegates of the 96th International Labour Conference in Geneva of a "human tsunami" of rage and rebellion if more was not done to address the issue of poverty in a meaningful way. She said...

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)

Jamaican Prime Minister calls ILO’s Decent Work Agenda critical to overcoming poverty - Warns of “human tsunami of frustration, rage and...

The Decent Work Agenda is critical to stemming a potential “human tsunami of frustration” over the devastating effects of poverty, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, said today in an address to government, employer and worker...

Final Report of the Sixth Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers Trinidad and Tobago

This reports documents the proceedings of the Sixth Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers.

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...

Highlights of ILO’S Work in the Caribbean (April 2004- April 2007)

This reports on the work of the International Labour Organization’s Subregional Office for the Caribbean to its constituents in the Caribbean during the period April 2004- April 2007.

Reader

Industrial relations in the Caribbean : issues and perspectives

This Reader on industrial relations is intended to stimulate thinking and add to the debates over the future direction of national and regional labour policies leading to the transformation of labour relations as it pertains to the Caribbean...

Child month competition launched (Wednesday, February 8, 2006, Jamaica Gleaner)

The National Child Month Committee has officially launched its poster and essay competition. They are the first in a series of activities being organised for Child Month 2006 in May to educate the public about the needs of children. The theme for...

Publication

Caribbean labour relations systems : an overview 2nd Edition

This book presents some current issues confronting governments and the social partners - representatives of trade unions and employers and their organizations.

USDOL-ILO Management & Labor cooperation project “PROMALCO”: For the promotion of human resource-oriented enterprise strategies and...

Projects RLA/02/57/USA RLA/00/52/USA

The children of Jamaica's sex trade (June 2005, Jamaica Observer)

She's 17 and she became a "masseuse" almost two years ago when pregnancy forced her to drop out of one of Kingston's more prestigious girls high schools.

Trafficking of persons and child care protection (June 2005, Jamaica Observer)

The matter of the trafficking in persons in Jamaica has been in the news recently, following the report by the United States of America that Jamaica has been downgraded from the 2004 assessment of being ranked at Tire 2 in human trafficking to now...

A rescuing ultimatum (June 2005, Jamaica Observer)

Owen James was right to have pointed out on his "Business Day" programme last Wednesday that if we do not take seriously the US State Department's 90-day ultimatum to address the problem of human trafficking in our island, our economy could face a...

US report baseless, says Jamaica (June 2005, Nation News, Barbados)

Brief Kingston - Jamaica's Government yesterday denounced a United States State Department report criticising the island's efforts to fight human trafficking, saying the findings were not supported by hard evidence and ignored recent measures to...

Jamaica faces US sanctions -- Named among 14 countries said not doing enough to halt trafficking in persons (June 2005, Jamaica Observer)

The US State Department yesterday named Jamaica among eight new countries of 14 which could be subject to sanctions because they were not doing enough to halt international trafficking in persons.

Guide

Strategic visions for labour administration in the Caribbean : a compilation of reports

This publication, a compilation of reports emanating from reviews carried out by the ILO Subregional Office for the Caribbean since 1997, presents a comprehensive assessment of the operations of labour administrations in the Caribbean.

Guide

Labour administration services in the Caribbean : a guide 2nd Edition

This Guide has been prepared essentially with a view to helping labour officials and practitioners in the labour administration field to have a better understanding of the range and scope of labour administration services, in keeping with ILO...

Trade unionists rap sections of report on Jamaica's labour standards (January 2005, Jamaica Observer)

Two of the island's largest trade unions have criticised aspects of the International Conference of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) report on Jamaica's adherence to core labour standards, and supported the government's stance that some issues were...

Ministry says report slamming Jamaica's labour standards overstated (January 2005, Jamaica Observer)

The labour ministry says Monday's report on Jamaica, which cited shortcomings in the application and enforcement of core labour standards, violation of trade union rights, equality and child labour, does not accurately reflect the status of labour...