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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…
The Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union takes note of Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s most recent statements regarding the LIAT 1974 severance matter. Browne continues his attempts to undermine the Union’s role and disregard the workers’ rights to representation and collective bargaining. This protra…
Vice President of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) Youth Arm, Blair Rose, believes that too many women are forced to choose between embracing motherhood and maintaining successful careers. Rose was speaking on ABWU’s recently launched series: The Workers’ Podcast. She explained that mo…
(uniglobalunion.org) The UNI Global Union ICTS World Conference kicked off to an energizing start in Cape Town on 15 April with the Imbewu Marimba Community Band setting the scene for a vibrant meeting. More than 230 union leaders from across the globe have gathered in the South African city to set…