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2016

  1. © R. Golinelli / Bioversity Int. 2024
    Latin American and Caribbean unemployment to rise in 2016

    11 May 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.

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    'Workplace stress: It’s time to lift the burden'

    28 April 2016

    "Work-related stress affects workers in all professions in developed and developing countries alike. It can gravely harm not only workers’ health but also, and all too often, the wellbeing of their families," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

  3. Claudia Coenjaerts, Director, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean - Message to mark Occupational Safety and Health Month, 2016

    21 April 2016

    Director reiterates ILO's commitment and calls for further efforts from our tripartite and other partners to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally.

  4. ILO Director-General holds talks with Trinidad and Tobago Government, Employers’ and Workers’ Organizations on the current employment situation

    18 April 2016

    The DG identified a set of “instruments” which should be put in place to ensure that the transition to new jobs is easier and that security for workers is provided.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. © John Isaac / World Bank 2024
    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.

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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.