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The participation of workers in the OAS
The Organization of American States promotes the participation of workers in its spaces of dialogue and decision making. Since 1963 the labor organizations, through the Trade Union Technical Advisory Council (COSATE), the permanent consultative body of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML), have had the opportunity to intervene and influence in the debates on labor issues at the regional level.
In 2007, the Member States decided to elevate this participation to the highest level forums within the Organization, therefore, since 2008 workers participate in forums such as the General Assembly and the Summit of the Americas as you can read below.
Within the framework of the IACML, COSATE provides technical advice to the IACML on the planning and execution of programs that have special significance for workers and involve their participation in development activities at both the national and the international level. It is composed by one representative of labor organizations of each of the Member States of the OAS, and currently its Chair is Marta Pujadas, from the Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina (CGT) (RA), elected at the XX IACML held in Bridgetown, Barbados in December 2017.
- DIALOGUE OF THE HEADS OF DELEGATION, THE SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY, WORKERS, AND OTHER SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE XIXL GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE OAS
Medellin, Colombia - June 26, 2019
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, CIVIL SOCIETY AND OTHER SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE XLVIII GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE OAS
Washington, D.C. - June 3-5, 2018
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Lima, Peru - April 12, 2018
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THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, CIVIL SOCIETY
AND OTHER SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE XLVI GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE OAS
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. - June 13, 2016
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THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, CIVIL SOCIETY
AND OTHER SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE XLV GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE OAS
Washington D.C. - June 14, 2015
More information >> - DIALOGUE OF THE HEADS OF DELEGATION AND THE SECRETARY GENERAL WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, CIVIL SOCIETY
AND OTHER SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE XLIV GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE OAS
Asuncion, Paraguay- June 3, 2014
More information >> - DIALOGUE OF THE HEADS OF DELEGATION AND THE SECRETARY GENERAL WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKERS, PRIVATE SECTOR AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE XLIII GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE OAS
La Antigua, Guatemala - June 4, 2013
More information >> - DIALOGUE OF THE HEADS OF DELEGATION AND THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAS WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKERS, PRIVATE SECTOR AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE XLII GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE OAS
Cochabamba, Bolivia - June 3, 2012
More information>> - WORKERS FORUM AND DIALOGUE WITH HEADS OF DELEGATION IN THE
SIXTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
Cartagena, Colombia - April 12 and 13, 2012
More information >> - Dialogue among the
Secretary General, the Heads of Delegation and the Workers Representatives
within the framework of the XLI General Assembly of the OAS
San Salvador, El Salvador, June 5, 2011
More information>> - DIALOGUE BETWEEN HEADS OF DELEGATION AND WORKERS REPRESENTATIVES FROM MEMBER STATES - XL REGULAR SESSION OF THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Lima, Perú - June 6, 2010
More information >> - DIALOGUE OF HEADS OF DELEGATION WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKERS IN THE OAS MEMBER STATES - 39 REGULAR SESSION OF THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
San Pedro Sula, Honduras - June 1, 2009
More information >> - DIALOGUE OF WORKERS' REPRESENTATIVES WITH MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago –April 17, 2009
More information >> - WORKERS' REPRESENTATIVES DIALOGUE WITH THE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE XXXVIII OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Medellin, Colombia � June 1, 2008
More information >> - II HEMISPHERIC WORKSHOP ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALT AND SAFETY
San Salvador, El Salvador – May 16 y 17, 2006
See the Workshop web site >>