News
June 2020
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Violence and harassment Convention
ILO Violence and Harassment Convention will enter into force in June 2021
25 June 2020
The ratification by Fiji, the second after Uruguay, will allow Convention No. 190 to enter into force in a year’s time.
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Violence and harassment Convention
Uruguay first to ratify ILO Violence and Harassment Convention
12 June 2020
ILO’s landmark Convention No. 190, on violence and harassment in the work environment, has received its first ratification, taking it a step closer to entering into force.
March 2020
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Convention 190
More action needed to end violence and harassment in the world of work
06 March 2020
The ILO calls on all countries to ratify ILO Convention 190 to end violence and harassment in the world of work once and for all.
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Violence and harassment
ILO welcomes commitments to ratify Convention on violence and harassment
03 March 2020
Argentina, Finland, Spain and Uruguay have all formally committed to ratify the ILO’s Convention that provides an international framework to end violence and harassment in the world of work.
February 2020
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Blog
It’s possible to break the working poverty vicious circle
28 February 2020
Put yourselves in the shoes of a vulnerable worker: You have a job but you struggle to make ends meet. You want to improve your skills so you can get a better job but it’s impossible because you are too busy working. How can you break this working poverty vicious circle?
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.
March 2019
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Blog
Youth in the Global South must join forces for their future of work
15 March 2019
Countries from the Global South should work together to surf on the wave of technological revolution says youth innovator, Maria Victoria Alonsoperez.
June 2017
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Press release
President of Uruguay at the ILO Conference: Social dialogue and collective bargaining are essential for progress
05 June 2017
Without agreements, there is no progress, President Tabaré Vázquez said at the opening day of the ILO annual meeting in Geneva. In his message to delegates, he warned that "we must not wait for the future, we must build it."
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.
June 2012
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News
One year on, Uruguay is first to ratify ILO domestic work Convention
14 June 2012
Uruguay becomes the first to ratify the ILO’s standard-setting Convention on Domestic Workers. The international treaty aims to improve the lives of domestic workers worldwide in the face of huge decent work deficits.