Case No 2422 (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)) - Complaint date: 04-AUG-05

The Single National Union of Public, Professional, Technical and Administrative Employees of the Ministry of Health and Social Development (SUNEP-SAS), supported by Public Services International (PSI)

Allegations

(1) Decision of the National Electoral Council (CNE) to suspend and withhold recognition of the SUNEP-SAS elections despite the fact that they met all legal requirements; (2) failure of the CNE to give a ruling on the SUNEP-SAS claim; (3) refusal of the authorities in 2003 to negotiate a draft collective agreement; (4) subsequent refusal of the authorities in 2005 to allow the participation of SUNEP-SAS in talks on a draft collective agreement in the public health sector presented by FENASINTRASALUD – a less representative organization – on the grounds that union elections at SUNEP-SAS were overdue, and using this as a pretext to deny that union’s right to conclude collective agreements; and (5) refusal to grant trade union leave to the executive officials of the Anzoátegui section of SUNEP-SAS on the grounds that union elections were overdue. The complainant organization claims to be the most representative organization in the sector and that it has hitherto been the organization that has had the right to be recognized for collective bargaining

Case No 2422 (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)) - Complaint date: 04-AUG-05

The Single National Union of Public, Professional, Technical and Administrative Employees of the Ministry of Health and Social Development (SUNEP-SAS), supported by Public Services International (PSI)

Allegations

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