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 Workersโ Union over the next few months. The first in the series of training workshops commenced on Monday and was specially geaโฆ
Written by Anderson Edgehill on Wednesday March 1, 2023.
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,โฆ
Written by Anderson Edgehill on Tuesday February 28, 2023.
ACCRA (ILO News) โ 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 Ghanaโs Minister of Employment and Laโฆ
Written by Anderson Edgehill on Friday February 24, 2023.
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 impactโฆ
Written by Anderson Edgehill on Saturday February 18, 2023.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ILO News) โ Migrant workers in Malaysia are set to benefit from a new initiative that will help protect their wages.The ILOโs Migrant Workers Empowerment and Advocacy (MWEA) project launched its second phase on 3 February 2023, in Kuala Lumpur, that will help strengthen Malaโฆ
Written by Anderson Edgehill on Tuesday February 14, 2023.
Lima, PERU (ILO News) โ 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 Latiโฆ
Written by Anderson Edgehill on Friday February 10, 2023.
Staff at A.S. Brydens Antigua Ltd. that are covered by the Collective Agreement between the Company and the Antigua and Barbuda Workersโ 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 agrโฆ
Written by Anderson Edgehill on Wednesday February 8, 2023.
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 Workersโ Union (ABWU). The increases will be implemented over a three-year period on the following schedule: Year 1 - $15/โฆ
Written by Anderson Edgehill on Saturday February 4, 2023.
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 Workersโ Union Youth Arm. The session was hosted by the Rotaract Club of Antigua and aimed to enlighten young worโฆ
Written by Anderson Edgehill on Friday February 3, 2023.
GENEVA (ILO News) โ 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 inโฆ
Written by Anderson Edgehill on Wednesday February 1, 2023.
