Decent work: the key to the trade unions response to the pandemic in the Americas Share this page At the start of the pandemic in the region, the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) issued a position paper and a set of guidelines that emerged from dozens of meetings held with affiliates to find out what the situation was in each country. This document listed a series of measures to be taken in response to the pandemic and its consequences. These measures form part of the programme of the Development Platform of the Americas (or PLADA, an ambitious regional platform launched by TUCA in 2014 to consolidate guidelines and principles). In other words, they are the result of a comprehensive regional overview that focuses on the need to make structural changes.