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2016

  1. ILO Director General, Guy Ryder, to visit Trinidad and Tobago

    13 April 2016

    Meeting with Dr the Honourable Keith Christopher Rowley, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on the agenda.

  2. Statement by ILO Director-General: Getting to Equal by 2030, The Future is Now

    08 March 2016

    “Let’s work together to achieve genuine gender equality and women’s empowerment in the world of work. Decent work for women brings decent lives for all,” says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

  3. © John Isaac / World Bank 2023
    ILO: Large gender gaps remain across broad spectrum of global labour market

    08 March 2016

    New ILO report highlights the enormous challenges women continue to face in finding and keeping decent jobs around the world.

  4. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs concludes first Caribbean visit as ILO Regional Director

    16 February 2016

    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

  5. First official Caribbean visit of ILO Regional Director, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs

    12 February 2016

    Mr Salazar-Xirinachs is expected to attend the first meeting of the Trinidad and Tobago bipartite forum

  6. Media Advisory - ILO supports first meeting of the Trinidad and Tobago bipartite forum

    11 February 2016

    The meeting follows an agreement on 5 November 2015 by the affiliates of the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) and the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC) to establish formal bipartite forums in 15 Caribbean countries in order to deepen cooperation between trade unions and employers’ organizations to better coordinate research and advocacy on matters of mutual importance.

  7. ECATT and HASC sign Memorandum of Understanding

    01 February 2016

    Implementation of the National Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS in all workspaces throughout Trinidad and Tobago on the agenda

  8. United Kingdom joins renewed fight to end forced labour

    22 January 2016

    The UK has ratified the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, adding its support to Norway and Niger in the campaign to end modern slavery.

2015

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

    20 December 2015

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

  2. ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean attends inter-American meeting in Mexico

    10 December 2015

    Also attending were Caribbean representatives from the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica and Saint Lucia.