Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received for the third consecutive year.

The Committee notes the observations made by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in 2006 and 2008, according to which the right to collective bargaining is confined to a single agreement that has to be negotiated at the national level and needs to obtain the approval of Government representatives, as well as of trade unions and employers. The ITUC further indicates that workers in export processing zones do not benefit from the same protection against anti-union discrimination as other workers. The Committee requests the Government to reply to the ITUC’s observations in its next report.

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.