Definitive Report - Report No 4, 1953

Case No 41 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) - Complaint date: 01-MAR-52 - Closed

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Analysis of the Complaint
1. 181 The complainants make a general allegation that victimisation, intimidation and interference with the freedom of association of the workers in British Guiana threaten the entire labour movement and request an investigation to be made on the spot.
Analysis of the Reply
1. 182 The Government, in its reply, refers to the wide and general nature of the allegations made, the grounds for which are not known to the Government, and states that, while wishing to give all useful information to the Committee, it cannot make comment as the complainants give no indication of the specific reasons for which infringement of trade union rights is alleged.

183. As the Government observes, the complainants make only a general allegation that workers are victimised and intimidated and that there is interference with freedom of association, and give no details of any specific instance in which the Government has so acted.

184. Under the circumstances the Committee considers that the allegations made are too vague to permit a consideration of the case on its merits and, therefore, recommends the Governing Body to decide that the case does not call for further examination.
- Geneva, 29 May 1952.