"Unity in Diversity"
The Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union Women’s Council is proud to host its International Women’s Day forum and exhibition to celebrate women’s achievements, as well as to empower women for a gender-equal future. The event will be hosted under the theme Cracking the Code: Innovation for a Gender Eq…
More than 80 Shop Stewards will have an opportunity to bolster their skills in industrial relations as they participate in a training programme at the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union over the next few months. The first in the series of training workshops commenced on Monday and was specially gea…
Dozens of employees at the Antigua and Barbuda Transport Board (ABTB) are benefiting from the provisions of the latest Collective Agreement signed between the Company and the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union (ABWU). During a recent signing exercise, Senior Industrial Relations Officer at the ABWU,…
ACCRA (ILO News) – ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo launched a new project in Ghana that will support workers and employers to raise their productivity and improve working conditions in the textiles & garments and shea sectors.The launch, attended by Ghana’s Minister of Employment and La…
In a statement for World Day of Social Justice, ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo calls for a global momentum to contribute to the reduction and prevention of inequalities. Full statement below: Today we mark the World Day of Social Justice. We do so in difficult circumstances.The impact…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ILO News) – Migrant workers in Malaysia are set to benefit from a new initiative that will help protect their wages.The ILO’s Migrant Workers Empowerment and Advocacy (MWEA) project launched its second phase on 3 February 2023, in Kuala Lumpur, that will help strengthen Mala…
Lima, PERU (ILO News) – Latin America and the Caribbean faces a "highly complex and uncertain" labour market in 2023 due to a conjunction of multiple crises that impact labour markets and make it necessary to implement policies to create formal employment, the ILO Regional Office for Lati…
Staff at A.S. Brydens Antigua Ltd. that are covered by the Collective Agreement between the Company and the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU), will benefit from a 9% pay increase over the next few years. The increase will be implemented in increments of 3% annually across the three-year agr…
Line staff at KFC Antigua are set to benefit from a wage increase following the signing of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU). The increases will be implemented over a three-year period on the following schedule: Year 1 - $15/…
Dozens of young people representing various civic organizations are now better equipped to navigate the world of work following a recent training presentation by the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union Youth Arm. The session was hosted by the Rotaract Club of Antigua and aimed to enlighten young wor…