"Unity in Diversity"
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…
GENEVA (ILO News) – On 30 January 2023, Canada deposited the instrument of ratification of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) with the Director-General of the ILO.By submitting the instrument of ratification, Canada becomes the 25th country in the world, and the 8th country in…
General Secretary of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), Stephen Cotton, has sent a congratulatory message to Sen. David Massiah on his recent appointment to the Senate of Antigua and Barbuda. In his message, Cotton said he admired Massiah’s “commitment and unrelenting work to de…
The Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) congratulates General Secretary, David Massiah, on his appointment to the Senate of Antigua and Barbuda. Massiah previously served in the Senate between March 2004 and 2014 under the United Progressive Party Administration. The ABWU believes that this…