Jan. 21, 2011 -- Latin America and the Caribbean experienced rapid employment recovery in 2010 to pre-crisis levels, but the challenge of improving the working conditions of millions of workers still remains, according to data provided by the ILO.

Feb. 26, 2009 -- On the French West Indian island of Guadeloupe, a deal to end the month-long strike has been reached in principle.
Interview with Alan Salzado, Tourism Consultant on the future of tourism in Guadeloupe.
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Feb. 12, 2009 -- France is struggling to quell revolts on its Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, amid fears that strikes and street protests could spread to other French overseas departments.

Dec. 6, 2011 - The joint trade union movement is mobilising workers for what is expected to be a massive protest on Friday to continue the fight for better salaries and outstanding negotiations.

Nov. 23, 2011 - (suntic.com): --  Hundreds of angry Civil Servants in the Turks and Caicos Islands went on strike early Tuesday morning, disconnecting the power to Government’s administrative building in the island-capital of Grand Turk and marching to the Governor’s office where they chained doors to a building in which a meeting of UK-advisors was being held.

Bridgetown -- Jan. 6, 2011 -- Legislation which is expected to better regulate relations between employers and employees is expected to be laid in Parliament by month-end.

April 21, 2010 -- The Nineteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community Council for Human and Social Development (COHSODIX)-Labour, in conjunction with ILO Seventh Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers was convened under the theme: Coherence for Human and Social Development in the Caribbean Community: the Contribution of Labour Ministries and the Decent Work Agenda, in Guyana on 14-16 April 2010.

Georgetown -- April 14, 2010 -- Achieving Human and Social Development through Policy Coherence is the theme of the feature address that will be delivered by Mr. Robert Kyloh, Senior Economist, International Labour Organisation (ILO) Headquarters, Geneva, when CARICOM Labour Ministers meet on Wednesday in Georgetown, Guyana for the 19th Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD).

Hoteliers debate how best to manage through a climate of uncertainty.

Basseterre -- Dec. 12, 2009  – St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has announced a number of initiatives that his Labour Party Administration is of the view, will help citizens deal with the impact of the global economic crisis.

PHILIPSBURG-- Dec. 6, 2009 -- According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), unemployment in St. Maarten went up to 12.2 per cent in May-June 2009 in comparison to March-April 2007.

Kingston -- Dec. 2, 2009 -- Government is expected to pay out over $430 million to members of the Nurses' Association of Jamaica (NAJ), in additional salaries and allowances, based on an agreement signed at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) Tuesday (December 1).

Bridgetown -- Sept. 9, 2009 - Prime Minister's statement: The Parties, Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Ltd. and Barbados Workers' Union (BWU), met under my Chairmanship today and it was agreed that the letters of redundancy which were issued to the employees by Cable and Wireless on July 30, 2009 will be withdrawn with immediate effect.

New Kingston -- April 3, 2009 -- The two-day International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Tripartite Caribbean Conference officially ended Thursday (April 2) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston. At the closing ceremony, a document outlining nine principles and actions deemed desirable, as the way forward in response to the current global financial crisis, was presented.

CARICOM, -- March 31, 2009 --  As the international community continues to give significant attention to the global phenomenon, Climate Change, Mr. Garfield Barnwell, Director of Sustainable Development at the CARICOM Secretariat posited some insights into how the Caribbean Region could transform this threat into employment opportunities when he made his presentation to the Second CARICOM Climate Change Conference in Castries, St .Lucia on 23-24 March 2009.