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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03ABUJA2159 |
NIGERIA: ILO CONSOLIDATED MARITIME LABOR [...] December 16, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Transport Deputy Director of Maritime Services, A. Abdulmalik. Abdulmalik said he would study the proposed changes to the Consolidated Maritime Labor Convention draft language and would contact the Embassy if he had any questions [...] |
2003-12-17 05:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EWWT PREL ILO |
| 03THEHAGUE2289 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RESPONDING TO [...] (C) As you consider the U.S. response to the ILO's egregious decision regarding former Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Jose Bustani, I want to provide my thoughts, as your eyes and ears on the ground, on the key U.S. interests involved with [...] |
2003-09-11 15:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC ILO UN |
| 03THEHAGUE3131 |
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION CONSOLIDATED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-18 09:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EWWT PREL ILO |
| 04ACCRA1500 |
LABOR UNIONS IN GHANA NOT LIKELY TO RAISE CUBAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GH ILO |
| 04BOGOTA11217 |
GOC SEEKS CONTINUED FUNDING FOR ILO COOPERATION [...] (C) On October 28, Vice Minister for Labor Affairs Luz Stella Arango briefed embassies of ILO Governing Body (GB) members on GOC cases before the ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) scheduled for discussion at the ILO Governing Body meeting in November. She also requested support [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD CO ILO |
| 04BOGOTA9311 |
ILO STUDY: REMOVING POLITICS FROM LABOR RELATIONS [...] (C) The relationship between labor violence and political activity is widely accepted by labor leaders and academics in Colombia. For many trade unionists, unions act as surrogate political parties and avenues for political activity. Because illegal armed groups perceive trade unionists, part [...] |
2004-09-14 21:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD PTER CO ILO |
| 04BOGOTA9526 |
FISCALIA ISSUES PREVENTIVE DETENTION ORDERS IN [...] (S/NF) On September 16, the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") issued preventive detention orders against one officer, two enlisted men, and a civilian informant in the ongoing investigation of the killing of three trade unionists on August 5. The three soldiers had been in Fiscali [...] |
2004-09-20 22:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD PTER KJUS CO ILO |
| 04BRUSSELS2437 |
EU CONTRIBUTION TO "SOCIAL BENEFITS OF [...] The EU Commission recently tabled a series of recommendations presented as its contribution to securing the social benefits of globalization. On the internal (EU) front, the Commission advocates full implementation of the Lisbon strategy to maintain Europe's competitiveness, calling for heav [...] |
2004-06-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ELAB ILO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3131 |
ICFTU AND ETUC LIKELY PARTNERS ON CUBA LABOR [...] (C) In response to reftel action request, Post has identified the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) as union organizations possibly willing to raise the issue of Cuban labor rights violations at regional labor meetings an [...] |
2004-07-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB CU ILO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04HELSINKI1006 |
FINLAND: BOLSTERING SUPPORT FOR LABOR RIGHTS AND [...] (C) As reported in Ref C, almost all official contact between Finland and Cuba has ceased, and Finland does not maintain an embassy in Havana. 2. (C) We are not aware of any current activity by the Finnish Government, or by Finnish NGOs, to support elements of Cuban civil society and encour [...] |
2004-08-03 10:46:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB CU FI ILO |
| 04OTTAWA2995 |
CANADA: SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN [...] Poloff delivered the demarche (per reftel) on support for Israel's full, active membership in both Group B at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the Industrial Market Economy Countries (IMEC) at the International Labor Organization (ILO), to Peter Taylor, Deputy Director [...] |
2004-11-08 20:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KIPR IS CA UNEP WIPO ILO |
| 04RANGOON676 |
ILO IN BURMA: A TREASONOUS MINION? [...] (C) Summary: ILO's man in Rangoon briefed diplomats on ambiguous news from Burma's Supreme Court, increased forced labor reports, and the GOB's inadequate responses. All of these issues will be discussed in Geneva on June 5th in the context of the ILO's postponed timetable for a Plan of Action [...] |
2004-05-27 03:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV BM ILO |
| 04ROME3055 |
ITALIAN LABOR UNIONS HAVE CONDEMNED HUMAN AND [...] (U) Italy has three primary labor union confederations, the General Confederation of Italian Labor (CGIL), the Italian Confederation of Workers' Unions (CISL), and the Italian Union of Labor (UIL). All three are more or less left-leaning, with CISL (with roots in Catholic social doctrine) t [...] |
2004-08-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU IT ILO HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4280 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON ISRAELI WEOG MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Pol M/C discussed reftel demarche with key MFA officials on November 5. While our Italian interlocutors are sympathetic to Israel's membership in consultative groups at selected UN agencies, it is unlikely to take action in the absence of EU consensus and pending the outcome of UN [...] |
2004-11-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PHUM PREL AORC KIPR IS IT UNEP WIPO ILO IAEA |
| 04SANTODOMINGO1597 |
DOMINICAN LABOR MINISTER IS CANDIDATE TO CHAIR ILO ANNUAL MEETING [...] Dominican Labor Minister Milton RAY Guevara called on the Ambassador on March 6 to solicit U.S. support for him within the Americas group to chair the annual ILO session in June. In the normal course of rotation, the Americas are to provide a chair. Ray indicated that the long-serving Labor [...] |
2004-03-10 20:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB AORC ILO DR PINR RAY GUEVARA MILTON |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA1597 |
GOH, BUT NOT HONDURAN CIVIL SOCIETY, OPEN TO [...] (C) As noted in ref C, the GOH has actively worked to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. On April 15, the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) passed a Honduran-drafted resolution calling for greater respect for human rights in Cuba. The Government of Cuba (G [...] |
2004-07-19 22:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB CU HO ILO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA238 |
Honduras and CAFTA Labor Track II: Ministry of [...] (SBU) Summary: In Honduras, there is good will in the Ministry of Labor (MOL) in general and Minister of Labor German Leitzelar in particular to protect core labor rights. Honduran labor law, while deficient in some areas with respect to ILO core conventions, is not the main issue for the pr [...] |
2004-02-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM ECON PGOV KJUS PINR HO ILO |
| 04THEHAGUE2273 |
GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country Clearance is granted for John M. Linkletter for travel to The Netherlands September 11, 2004 and September 15 thru 20, 2004. 2. Embassy points of contact for the visit are economic officers Richard Huff (31-70-310-9270); huffrx@state.gov) and Joe Trimble (31-70-310-9274); trimblej [...] |
2004-09-08 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA SW GM NL ILO |
| 04THEHAGUE2870 |
EU/NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S [...] (C) The EU has been discussing how Israel might participate in WEOG meetings outside New York, according to Pieter Ramaer (Head of Legal and Political Affairs, MFA UN Department). Speaking with Poloff about reftel on November 5, Ramaer said the recent CONUN meeting in Brussels considered Is [...] |
2004-11-05 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KIPR IS NL UNEP WIPO ILO EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2990 |
UN/EU/WEOG/ISRAEL: EU MAY RELENT AT CND, UNEP, ILO [...] (C) The EU is looking anew at ways to include Israel in WEOG deliberations, particularly in the CND, UNEP and IOL, Pieter Ramaer (MFA deputy in the UN department) told Poloff November 16. At the EU's CONUN meeting November 15, Ramaer reported, the Dutch circulated our ref b notes (that we ha [...] |
2004-11-17 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IS NL KCRM UNEP WIPO ILO EUN |
| 05AMMAN1683 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR FISCAL RESTRAINT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB JO ILO |
| 05AMMAN4102 |
DEMARCHE ON ILO BUDGET AND CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR ILO [...] Poloff delivered ref A and B demarches to Foreign Ministry Legal Advisor Bishar Khassawneh regarding the upcoming International Labor Conference in Geneva. Khassawneh noted that Jordan shares U.S. concerns over International Labor Organization (ILO) budgetary increases. Poloff urged that the J [...] |
2005-05-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL AORC BB CU JO ILO |
| 05ANKARA3166 |
FOLLOW-UP TO ILO DEMARCHES [...] Further to ref A and C demarches, Turkish MFA Head of Multilateral Economic Affairs Department Arar wrote the following in an email to Poloff: "We know the reasons behind the US position on the regular budget of the ILO. However it is difficult to support you on on this subject either, as the [...] |
2005-06-06 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB BB PHUM PREL ILO |
| 05ASUNCION699 |
PARAGUAY ON CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-25 20:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU PA ILO |
| 05ASUNCION702 |
PARAGUAY ON FISCAL RESTRAINT FOR ILO'S PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-25 20:29:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PA AROC ILO |
| 05ASUNCION735 |
PARAGUAY LEANING TOWARD CUBA FOR ILO GOVERNING [...] On 6/2, Julio Peralta, MFA's Director for International Organizations, signaled to polcouns Paraguay was leaning towards supporting Cuba's candidacy for the ILO Governing Body. He advised that Cuba had weighed in early and often pushing its candidacy. Further, Paraguay felt compelled to tak [...] |
2005-06-02 23:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU PA ILO |
| 05ASUNCION743 |
PARAGUAY JOINS MERCOSUR CONSENSUS TO REDLINE ILO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-06 13:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PA AROC ILO |
| 05BOGOTA10447 |
ILO REGIONAL REPS REQUEST U.S. FUNDING FOR [...] (U) On October 26, Director of the Andean Subregional Office for the International Labor Organization J. Ricardo Hernandez met with Political Counselor to review ILO's Colombia program and solicit continued U.S. support. The program has sought to promote dialogue between enterprise and labor [...] |
2005-11-04 22:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV CO ILO |
| 05BOGOTA10893 |
GOC REQUESTS U.S. FUNDING OF ILO-SPONSORED [...] (U) The GOC has requested that the U.S. help finance the ILO's Special Program for Colombia, outlined in reftel. The Embassy supports the program and recommends funding at least three of the four projects because they assist in the demobilization and reinsertion process, address major concer [...] |
2005-11-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM CO ILO |
| 05BRATISLAVA398 |
SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON CUBAN [...] (U) On May 24, 2005, Embassy delivered reftel points to Pavol Juhas, Director of the International Affairs Department at the Ministry of Labor. Juhas confirmed that Slovakia is sending a delegation to the upcoming International Labor Conference in Geneva, and expressed his support for the U [...] |
2005-05-25 05:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ELAB BB CU LO ILO |
| 05BRATISLAVA399 |
SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON ILO FISCAL [...] (U) On May 24, 2005, Embassy delivered reftel points to Pavol Juhas, Director of the International Affairs Department at the Ministry of Labor. Juhas confirmed that Slovakia is sending a delegation to the upcoming International Labor Conference in Geneva, and expressed his support for the U [...] |
2005-05-25 05:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB LO ILO |
| 05COLOMBO972 |
FISCAL RESTRAINT ON ILO'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB CE ILO |
| 05COLOMBO973 |
CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL CE ILO |
| 05DARESSALAAM1037 |
ILO DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] On May 26, Poloff delivered reftel A demarche, urging ILO fiscal restraint and reftel B demarche supporting Barbados candidacy to the ILO, to the Director of Employment at the Tanzania Ministry of Labor, Ernest Ndimbo. Mr. Ndimbo had no substantive response but he promised to brief the head [...] |
2005-05-31 10:44:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB AORC PHUM ILO |
| 05DHAKA2412 |
BANGLADESH: CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-25 02:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL BG ILO |
| 05DJIBOUTI544 |
DJIBOUTI'S RESPONSE TO CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated that while Djibouti appreciates the U.S. requesting assistance on its neighbor's behalf and explaining why it will be supporting a particular candidate, it has a hard time su [...] |
2005-06-07 07:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU DJ ILO |
| 05DUBLIN387 |
IRISH SKEPTICAL OF ISRAELI MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS AT [...] On March 31, Post delivered reftel talking points to Julian Clare, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for UN Affairs. Clare said that Ireland was SIPDIS skeptical of proposals for Israeli membership in WEOG groups at UNEP, UN-HABITAT, and the CND, as well as Group B in WIP [...] |
2005-04-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB KIPR WIPO ILO |
| 05DUBLIN644 |
IRELAND: NO VOTE, NO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-27 16:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL ILO |
| 05DUBLIN645 |
IRELAND: NO SUPPORT YET FOR ADDITIONAL FISCAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-27 16:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB ILO |
| 05GENEVA542 |
FY 2005 ILO TAX PAYMENT: PAYMENT TO THE [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: VOUCHER NO: 27850007890 EFT DATE: 24-FEB-05 NAME OF PAYEE: INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO) ACCOUNT NO: CO801157.0 NAME OF BANK: UBS, SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA-2 SWIT [...] |
2005-03-01 13:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC AFIN ILO |
| 05HELSINKI586 |
FINLAND: UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) Laboff delivered reftel demarche to officials at Finland's Foreign Affairs and Labor Ministries. Tarja Repponen, Director for International Development Programs in the MFA's Global Affairs Unit, said that no official decision had been made about what position Finland would take as regar [...] |
2005-05-26 06:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL FI ILO |
| 05KINGSTON1463 |
URGING SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL FISCAL RESTRAINT ON [...] On May 25, Poloff delivered reftel talking points by telephone and fax to Sheila Sealy-Monteith, Director, International Organizations Department, Mininstry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Sealy-Monteith responded that her colleague with responsibility for ILO issues was out of [...] |
2005-06-08 16:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB JM ILO |
| 05LIMA2341 |
PERU: FISCAL RESTRAINT FOR ILO PROPOSED BUDGET, [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PE AROC ILO |
| 05MANAMA786 |
BAHRAIN: CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief May 31 delivered reftel demarche concerning Cuba's candidacy for the International Labor Organization (ILO) Governing Body to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Asking P/E chief not to take notes, Shaikho said he wanted to support the U.S. [...] |
2005-06-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PREL BA CU BB ILO |
| 05MANILA3830 |
PHILIPPINES: CHILD LABOR UPDATE 2005 [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: This message provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor (ref A). It updates information provided by Post in 2004 (per ref C) regarding child labo [...] |
2005-08-19 07:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB EAID RP ILO |
| 05MAPUTO655 |
MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE ON CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] On March 24, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ilidio Caifaz, Director of National Studies, Ministry of Labor. Caifaz stated he would share the talking points with the Minister of Labor in their meeting later this week, but gave no indication of which candidate the GRM would support should t [...] |
2005-05-26 11:24:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BB CU ELAB PHUM PREL MZ ILO |
| 05MAPUTO656 |
CC MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL [...] On May 24 poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ilidio Caifaz, Director of National Studies, Ministry of Labor. Caifaz stated that the GRM would consider support for further reductions if it could be assured that cuts would not negatively impact assistance programs. Caifaz stated he would share [...] |
2005-05-26 11:31:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB MZ ILO |
| 05OTTAWA1604 |
CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON ILO ELECTIONS AND [...] (U) Poloff discussed refs (a) (Cuban candidacy for the ILO Governing Body) and (b) (ILO's proposed budget for 2006-2007) with Wendy Drukier, Senior Policy Advisor at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), on May 24. Drukier thanked us for the points, and requested some time so that she could pass the [...] |
2005-05-27 19:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AORC ELAB CA ILO |
| 05PANAMA1173 |
PANAMA RESPONSE TO ILO DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-31 22:29:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CU ELAB PGOV PHUM PM PREL ILO POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PARIS1959 |
FRENCH RESPONSE ON ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is resistant to Israel's participation in political consultation groups in UN bodies outside New York, believing that there is no automatic right of participation outside of natural geographic groupings, and is reluctant to establish such a precedent. (Israel's "temporary [...] |
2005-03-24 10:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ELAB KIPR IS FR WIPO ILO |
| 05PARIS3749 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL FISCAL RESTRAINT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-31 14:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB FR ILO |
| 05PRAGUE813 |
CZECHS OPPOSE CUBAN ILO CANDIDACY, SUPPORT LEANER [...] We raised the points contained reftels with Olga Rozsivalova, head of the ILO department in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, who will attend the ILO Labor Conference May 31-June 16 in Geneva as the Czech Republic's representative. 2. Regarding Cuba's and Barbados's candidacies fo [...] |
2005-05-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB CU ILO BB EZ |
| 05QUITO1220 |
ECUADOR: ILO BUDGET DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] LabOff conveyed reftel talking points urging support for fiscal restraint on the ILO's proposed budget for 2006-2007 to Minister of Labor Galo Chiriboga on May 23. Chiriboga, who will be traveling to Geneva for the ILO's International Labor Conference on May 27, said he agreed that the propos [...] |
2005-05-26 21:52:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB EC ILO |
| 05QUITO1222 |
ECUADOR: DEMARCHE ON CUBAN ILO CANDIDACY DELIVERED [...] LabOff conveyed reftel talking points on Cuban candidacy for the ILO Governing Body to Dr. Solimar Herrera, International Affairs Coordinator at the Ministry of Labor, on May 26. Dr. Herrera promised to review our points on supporting the candidacy of Barbados, and will travel to Geneva on M [...] |
2005-05-26 21:53:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CU ELAB PREL EC ILO |
| 05QUITO1243 |
ILO'S INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE [...] (U) LabOff delivered reftel points to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations Benjamin Villacis, and to Veronica Mora and Fernando Altamirano of the same office. Altamirano said that demarche points on the ILO proposed budget had already been delivered to Ecuador' [...] |
2005-05-31 21:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU EC ILO |
| 05TAIPEI4205 |
TAIWAN ADDRESSES FOREIGN WORKER ABUSE [...] Summary: The Thai labor riots (ref A, B and C) have highlighted the need for changes in Taiwan's treatment of foreign workers. NGOs report that Taiwan employers are able to mistreat foreign workers because of inadequate laws. Mistreatment includes high broker fees, labor trafficking, and arbi [...] |
2005-10-17 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL |
| 05TAIPEI4206 |
Taiwan Bans Vietnam Workers Due To High Runaway [...] Summary: Taiwan has banned foreign workers from Vietnam since January 2005. The official reason is the high percentage of Vietnamese workers that run away from their employers once they enter Taiwan. NGOs claim that, many workers flee as a means to escape abuse because the Vietnamese trade o [...] |
2005-10-17 08:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL |
| 05VIENNA1732 |
CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU AU ILO |
| 05VIENNA1778 |
SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL ILO 2006-2007 BUDGET [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-01 09:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB AU ILO |
| 05VIENNA1779 |
CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-01 09:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU AU ILO |
| 05VIENNA676 |
2006-2007 ILO BUDGET: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] On March 3, Emboffs met with Peter Guschelbauer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' section responsible for ILO issues, to deliver reftel points. According to Guschelbauer, Austria shares the USG view and will not advocate for such a "substantial increase" in the 2006-07 ILO budget. Austri [...] |
2005-03-04 10:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB AU ILO |
| 05VIENNA697 |
ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS AT WIPO, ILO, UNEP, [...] (SBU) EconPolOff delivered ref a demarche on March 4 to Dr. Helmut Boeck, new deputy head of the Austrian MFA's International Organizations Bureau. He observed that some of these issues have been pending since his last stint in the UN Affairs Bureau seven years ago. Boeck told us that, to th [...] |
2005-03-04 16:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ELAB KIPR IS AU WIPO ILO |
| 05WELLINGTON199 |
FISCAL RESTRAINT ON ILO PROPOSED BUDGET [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-09 17:46:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB NZ ILO |
| 05YEREVAN1550 |
ARMENIA: EXPLOITIVE CHILD LABOR REMAINS RARE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In March 2005, the Armenian National Assembly adopted and President Robert Kocharian signed legislation that established the State Labor Inspectorate, a new government agency responsible for [...] |
2005-08-25 12:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AM USAID GTIP ILO |
| 05YEREVAN1795 |
ARMENIA: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES INTERNATIONAL LABOR [...] Per reftels, Post provides the following update regarding exploitive child labor: -- On October 3, the Armenian National Assembly ratified International Labor Organization (ILO) Minimum Age Convention 138. Armenpress News Agency quoted Labor and Social Affairs Minister Aghvan Vardanyan, w [...] |
2005-10-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AM USAID GTIP ILO |
| 06BRUSSELS4113 |
MANDELSON PUSHES EU'S LABOR AND TRADE [...] SUMMARY. EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson keeps pushing for the inclusion and development of a social dimension in trade policy instruments and policies. Speaking at a Brussels conference last week, Mandelson pressed the EU Council to adopt the withdrawal of GSP benefits from Belarus. He al [...] |
2006-12-13 15:55:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD ILO PREL PGOV BM IN BO EUN |
| 06VIENNA3297 |
WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE IN VIENNA [...] Delegates from 306 national trade union organizations representing 168 million workers in 154 countries met Nov. 1-3 in Vienna to found the International Trade Union Confederation. "The Confederation exists to unite and mobilize the democratic and independent forces of world trade unionism i [...] |
2006-11-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ILO |
| 07BERLIN1032 |
G8 LABOR MINISTERS ON THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF [...] Labor ministers of the G8 countries, meeting in Dresden May 6-8, said governments need to address the social dimension of globalization by devising employment and social protection strategies and promoting corporate social responsibility. They asked the G8 heads of state and government to en [...] |
2007-05-22 05:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SOCI OECD IBRD ILO GM |
| 07GENEVA1478 |
ILO - BURMA: CONFERENCE SEES MINIMAL STEPS BUT LITTLE REAL [...] SUMMARY. The ILO Committee on the Application of Standards considered the situation of forced labor in Burma in its special sitting during the 96th International Labor Conference, June 4, 2007. The Burmese ambassador said nothing about real steps in ending forced labor. He focused solely o [...] |
2007-06-07 11:03:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL ILO |
| 08BOGOTA442 |
USG ASSISTS COLOMBIAN LABOR PROTECTION EFFORTS [...] Summary: The USG, through USAID and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), supports GOC efforts to improve labor rights and enforcement. Programs include assistance for a new risk-based labor inspection system, extending the oral justice system to labor cases, outreach on labor rights, strength [...] |
2008-02-04 19:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID KJUS ECIN ECON ILO CO |
| 08BRIDGETOWN77 |
DOL ILO FUNDED PROGRAM IN BARBADOS WINDS DOWN [...] (U) Summary: In December, 2007, DOL funding for the ILO/DOL HIV AIDS in the Workplace program ended in Barbados. The ILO program held a workshop in November 2007 to discuss the results of the program and to look at next steps towards setting up a domestically funded successor program. Key reco [...] |
2008-02-05 20:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB BEXP ECON KHIV ILO LAB BB XL |
| 08HANOI450 |
PRISON LABOR AND CASHEW NUTS IN VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR ASEC ELAB EAGR ILO ECON VM |
| 08HANOI56 |
VIETNAM'S POOL OF SKILLED LABOR DRYING UP [...] Summary: Vietnam has earned a reputation for its industrious, low-cost, and young labor force. Unprecedented economic growth, however, is imposing severe demands on Vietnam's labor market. With local and foreign investors draining the talent pool, Vietnam's labor force no longer confers the a [...] |
2008-01-16 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ILO ECON ETRD VM |
| 08SANJOSE519 |
COSTA RICA RESPONSE: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] SUMMARY: In response to Ref A, the Costa Rican Ministry of Labor, UN agencies and NGOs reported no new information regarding exploitative child labor (Ref B) and only sparse, anecdotal information regarding forced labor in the production of goods. Agricultural production on family farms and sma [...] |
2008-06-16 22:15:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ILO CS |
| 08SKOPJE725 |
Teachers Strike Hits at VMRO's Weak Spot [...] (SBU) Summary: A nationwide teachers strike has dragged on for more than a week and closed schools throughout the country, though a settlement may be near. Union leaders have accused the GoM of hardball tactics and outright lies in dealing with the strike; the GoM has countered that the strike [...] |
2008-12-02 18:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ILO PHUM SOCI PGOV MK |
| 09AITTAIPEI528 |
TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTRY MULLING NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is consulting with other agencies to prioritize Taiwan's international space needs and develop recommendations on next steps now that Taiwan has been invited to observe at this year's World Health Assembly. MOFA International Organizati [...] |
2009-05-01 08:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ELAB EPA ILO IMO IO KJUS PGOV PREL |
| 09DJIBOUTI1413 |
DJIBOUTI: RIVAL UNION FACTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti has a history of rocky government-labor relations. Despite recent modest progress on labor issues-including reported success in moving forward on long overdue collective bargaining agreements-one union has recently lodged a formal protest over the GODJ's alleged disband [...] |
2009-12-22 08:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV ECON ILO DJ |
| 09JOHANNESBURG163 |
ILO SAYS MORE LABOR LEGISLATION IS NOT THE WAY TO GO [...] (C) The International Labor Organization (ILO) believes that South African attempts to tighten labor laws and ban labor brokering are misguided and will decrease South Africa's investment appeal. The ILO said that current South African labor law offers adequate protections but is not enforced [...] |
2009-11-18 15:33:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PREL PGOV ILO SF EAID EFIN EINV ETRD |
| 09SANSALVADOR966 |
GOES APPROVES REGISTRATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION [...] (C) Summary: Telecommunications union representatives from SITCOM, SITRAVX, and SUTTEL reported that the Ministry of Labor granted official recognition to SITCOM and SITRAVX, on September 17 and August 28, respectively, after protracted legal battles. The SITCOM group also alleged that vario [...] |
2009-10-08 21:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ES PHUM LAB AFL CIO ILO |
| 09TASHKENT913 |
UZBEKISTAN WILL PARTICIPATE IN ILO CONFERENCE IN GENEVA [...] (U) Per reftel, UNICEF Representative in Tashkent Mahboob Shareef previously told emboffs that Uzbekistan had agreed to participate in the upcoming International Labor Organization (ILO) conference, which is set to begin on June 8 in Geneva. On June 5, we learned that Uzbekistan had not regist [...] |
2009-06-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ILO UN ELAB KOCI UZ |