International Labor Organization meeting will be held in Peru

ILO Director-General, Mr. Juan Somavia’s Report “Globalization and decent work in the Americas,” will be discussed at the meeting.

From December 10 to 13, the International Labor Organization’s Regional Office for the Americas will hold in Fifteenth American Regional Meeting in Lima, Peru. On this occasion approximately 400 delegates, representatives of governments, syndicates and business associations from the entire American continent will analyze the challenges presented by globalization.

During the meeting, the Report of the Director-General, Mr. Juan Somavia, titled, “Globalization and decent work in the Americas,” will be reviewed. The report addresses such issues such as discrimination and gender, as well as the socio-labor dimension of regional integration, identified as “the decent work deficit,” with regards to employment, income, social protection and social dialogue.