News
April 2022
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ILO in action
We promote responsible business conduct in Latin America and the Carribean
04 April 2022
ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Olga Orozco, speaks from Peru about the Responsible Business Conduct project in Latin America and the Caribbean (RBCLAC), which aims to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in the EU and in Latin America and the Caribbean. Funded by the European Union and implemented in collaboration with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Office of the High Commissioner of The United Nations for Human Rights (OHCHR), the project will run until the end of 2022.
January 2021
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Forced labour
Chile ratifies the Protocol to Convention No. 29, reaffirming its commitment to fight against forced labour
20 January 2021
Chile ratified the ILO Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 . With the culmination of this process, Chile becomes the third country in South America to take on the challenge of moving forward to become a country free of forced labour.
August 2019
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ILO100
Taking the ILO to South America: An epic historical journey
07 August 2019
Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile were founding members of the International Labour Organization but were far removed from its Geneva headquarters. In order to draw them in closer, the first ILO Director, Albert Thomas, undertook an epic 70-day journey to South America in 1925.
May 2016
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Jobs in Latin America
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.
October 2010
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Press release
ILO Director-General celebrates rescue operation of trapped Chilean miners
13 October 2010
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Juan Somavia, has expressed his deep emotion over the rescue operation to free the 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months in a mine in northern Chile.
August 2010
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Social Protection Floor
Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet heads global panel to promote social protection
13 August 2010
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet presided over the first meeting of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group, held in Geneva on 11 and 12 August and convened by the ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia.