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Article: Core labour standards in the Eastern Caribbean states
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- Al Bawaba
- Article date:
- November 6, 2007
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Core labour standards in the Eastern Caribbean states A new ITUC
report identifies a number of legal shortcomings and the existence
of discrimination in the six countries of the Organisation of
Eastern Caribbean States, the OECS (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica,
Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the
Grenadines).
The report on respect for core labour standards in the OECS
countries is being released today to coincide with the OECS trade
policy review at the WTO on 5 and 7 November. The report notes some
restrictions on trade union rights, including with regard to the
right to strike. Several countries have defined essential services
too broadly, as is the case in ...