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YANGON, Myanmar (ILO News) — On World Day Against Child Labour (12 June) the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Myanmar urgently calls all stakeholders to fulfil their commitment and take decisive action to end child labour! The adoption of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999…
Trade Unions in Antigua and Barbuda are calling on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to offer more support to workers’ organisations to help improve their capacity to make strong contributions to the development and implementation of International Labour Standards. Representatives of the…
GENEVA (ILO News) – The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Gilbert F. Houngbo, opened the 112th International Labour Conference (ILC) expressing a feeling of “ambivalence” at the current state of the world of work. “All regions, to varying degrees, have retur…
GENEVA (ILO News) – A “staggering” number of workers, amounting to more than 70 per cent of the global workforce, are likely to be exposed to climate-change-related health hazards, and existing occupational safety and health (OSH) protections are struggling to keep up with the resulting risks, acco…
On Saturday 11 & Saturday 18 May 2024, Prime Minister Gaston Browne, by way of his weekly radio program on Pointe FM, continued his spate of unprovoked, malicious and unsubstantiated attacks against the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) to divert the public's attention from the real iss…
In September 2023, the Antigua & Barbuda Hotels and Tourism Association, in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation & Investment, the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union, and the Antigua & Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute…
The Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) condemns the unsubstantiated accusations levelled against the Union by Prime Minister Gaston Browne during his 2024 Labour Day address at the AT&LU’s Labour Day Rally. Among other accusations, the Prime Minister falsely stated that the ABWU’s Leader…
Antigua.News - Workers’ achievements and their fight for labor rights and better working conditions took the spotlight this morning, as the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union and the United Progressive Party joined forces for the annual Labor Day events. Labor Day, also recognized as International…
Sen. David MassiahAntigua.News - Senator David Massiah, the General Secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union, has expressed his disappointment with the government’s recent offer to former LIAT (1974) Ltd. employees. Senator Massiah deemed the government’s repeated offer of 32% compensatio…
Three Port employees in Antigua and Barbuda are the first dock workers in the region to complete an Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Certificate Course delivered through an online portal and app developed by the ITF Seafarers’ Trust, with support from the International Training Centre of the In…