Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2000, Publicación: 89ª reunión CIT (2001)

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report.

Article 2 of the Convention.  The right of employers to establish organizations of their own choosing.  While noting that the establishment of employers’ organizations is guaranteed by article 35 of the Constitution, the law on public organizations and the law on association, the Committee requests once again the Government: (a) to provide details on the application in practice of the right of employers to establish organizations of their own choosing; (b) to provide the number of employers’ organizations registered to date.

Article 2.  The right of workers to establish organizations without previous authorization.  The Committee notes that there have been no refusals of registration of trade unions during the period 1997-2000, and that 110 trade unions have been registered during the period 1992-2000.

Article 3.  The right of workers’ organizations to elect their representatives freely.  The Committee notes that permanent residents may join a trade union and participate in its activities, and requests the Government to indicate whether this includes the right to be elected to trade union office.

The Committee requests once again the Government to provide in its next reports information on the application and the functioning in practice of the current system of industrial relations and, in particular, to provide copies of administrative and judicial decisions handed down on the application of applicable legislative texts.