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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06CASABLANCA435 |
LEGAL GUIDELINES FOR MOROCCAN DOMESTICS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: More than two years after adopting a new Labor Code, Morocco is finally working to plug a gaping hole left by the Code, a hole through which thousands of children slip each year. Morocco's Director of Labor, Abdelaziz Adoum, confirmed to laboff this week that a draft proposal o [...] |
2006-05-02 11:19:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | LAB MO PGOV PHUM |
| 06SANSALVADOR547 |
EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS [...] Summary: As requested in reftel, this cable contains Post priorities for CAFTA-DR environment activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key environment needs and relat [...] |
2006-03-06 22:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR548 |
EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR LABOR PROJECTS THAT [...] Summary: Per reftel, this cable provides Post priorities for CAFTA-DR labor-related trade capacity building (TCB) activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key labor [...] |
2006-03-06 22:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR636 |
CORRECTED COPY - EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR LABOR [...] Summary: Per reftel, this cable provides Post priorities for CAFTA-DR labor-related trade capacity building (TCB) activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key labor [...] |
2006-03-08 20:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES CAFTA |
| 06SANSALVADOR637 |
CORRECTED COPY - EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR [...] Summary: As requested in reftel, this cable contains Post priorities for CAFTA-DR environment activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key environment needs and relat [...] |
2006-03-08 20:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES CAFTA |
| 06SANTODOMINGO772 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USAID DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: This is the 2006 USAID/Dominican Republic Environment Program Request which will support the environmental obligations of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, the Central American countries, and the United States (DR-CAFTA) and the regional environmental cooperati [...] |
2006-03-03 21:20:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO776 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USAID DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: This is the 2006 USAID/Dominican Republic Environment Program Request which will support the environmental obligations of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, the Central American countries, and the United States (DR-CAFTA) and the regional environmental cooperati [...] |
2006-03-03 22:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV DR |
| 07ROME1217 |
ITALY IPR: POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH IN GOI SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY AND INTRO: On May 31, Economic Development Minister Bersani hosted Ambassador Spogli for a joint public presentation on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Bersani and the Ambassador emphasized the necessity of effective IPR protection to stimulate growth and innovation in knowledge [...] |
2007-06-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD IT KIPR LAB PGOV |
| 07ROME337 |
ITALIAN UNION ENDORSES IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) CGIL (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro), Italy's largest and furthest-left-leaning union confederation, hosted a roundtable conference on combating counterfeiting and protecting Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) January 23 in Naples. Perhaps the first large public pro-IPR u [...] |
2007-02-20 08:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD IT KIPR LAB PGOV |
| 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 |
| 08MANAGUA1357 |
DOL CHILD LABOR ERADICATION PROGRAM LAUNCH HIJACKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, 2008, Ambassador Callahan met with representatives from five ministries at Nicaragua,s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) to present award letters from the US Department of Labor,s (DOL) three-year, US $5 million project to eradicate child labor in Nicaragua entit [...] |
2008-11-06 14:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL PINR LAB NU |
| 08YEREVAN882 |
AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY VISIT WITH MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (C) During their introductory meeting on October 27, Minister of Labor and Social Issues (MLSI) Arsem Hambardzumian thanked the Ambassador for the significant amount of development assistance provided by the USG to the Armenian people. Hambardzumian stated the MLSI's two main priorities for th [...] |
2008-11-05 13:39:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID LAB SOCI AM |
| 09BOGOTA3301 |
FLOWER UNION WITHERS AFTER LABOR DISPUTE [...] (C) A labor dispute at a bankrupt flower farm is a case of lose-lose negotiating in Colombia. When workers occupied the Benilda, S.A. plantation in September to protest unpaid benefits, the company went into bankruptcy. The owner claimed he was hamstrung by high labor costs and currency appre [...] |
2009-11-03 16:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO |
| 09BOGOTA3343 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PROMINENT LABOR LEADER [...] (U) The Ambassador expressed USG support for the essential role unions play in healthy democratic societies in an October 29 meeting with the General Confederation of Workers (CGT). The CGT is one of the three main labor confederations in Colombia, with 270,000 members organized into approxima [...] |
2009-11-10 17:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO |
| 09BOGOTA3537 |
JUDICIAL SECTOR WORKERS BARRED FROM STRIKING [...] (SBU) On November 11 the Colombian Supreme Court ruled that a 2008 strike by 38,000 members of the National Association of Judicial Branch Employees (ASONAL JUDICIAL) over remuneration and judicial independence was illegal. The ruling has renewed debate over restrictions on the right of public [...] |
2009-12-14 17:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO |
| 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 |
| 10BOGOTA111 |
USG-FUNDED LABOR RIGHTS PROJECTS UPDATE [...] Summary: The USG has allocated $33 million to improve labor rights in Colombia through 17 projects in the 2001-2011 timeframe: one by the Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), six by the Department of Labor (DOL), and ten by the U.S. Agency for International [...] |
2010-02-01 14:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO |
| 10BOGOTA115 |
DRUMMOND FIRES WORKERS FOR ILLEGAL STRIKE [...] (SBU) U.S. mining company Drummond has begun the process of firing the majority of the National Mining and Energy Industry Workers' Union's (SINTRAMIENERGETICA) 35-member board of directors due to the union's illegal strike in March 2009. SINTRAMIENERGETICA leaders have urged a negotiated solut [...] |
2010-02-01 14:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO |
| 10BOGOTA159 |
NEW VOICES IN THE LABOR VIOLENCE DEBATE [...] (SBU) Colombian research institutions are focused on labor violence to an unprecedented degree. Two prominent universities and six think-tanks have recently completed or initiated studies. The influx of new voices has intensified and enriched the debate concerning the causes and scope of viole [...] |
2010-02-05 18:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO |
| 10BOGOTA237 |
INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL [...] Per reftel a, post submits the following information for the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Congressional Reporting Requirements related to forced and child labor. 2. The following is new information relevant to tasking 1: The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) [...] |
2010-02-12 17:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO |
| 10BOGOTA355 |
AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PROMINENT LABOR LEADER [...] (U) The Ambassador expressed USG support for the essential role unions play in healthy democratic societies in a February 17 meeting with the Colombian Confederation of Workers (CTC). The CTC is one of the three main labor confederations in Colombia, with 120,000 members organized into approxi [...] |
2010-02-26 19:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO |
| 10BOGOTA49 |
2009 LABOR VIOLENCE NUMBERS AND IMPUNITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) National Union School (ENS) statistics show that murders of trade unionists fell by 20% in 2009, and by 80% since 2002. However, ENS Director Jose Luciano Sanin said the focus on killings masked the scope of anti-union violence -- only 26% of the violent acts ENS had recorded were murders [...] |
2010-01-19 14:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO |