Seguimiento dado a las recomendaciones del Comité y del Consejo de Administración - Informe núm. 404, Octubre 2023

Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body

1. 61. The Committee last examined this case, which concerns allegations of various anti-union acts against officers and members of the Union of Professionals and Technicians of the National Institute of Technology, Standardization and Metrology (INTN Sindical), at its meeting in June 2017 [see 382nd Report, paras 467–483]. On that occasion, the Committee invited the complainant organization, if it so wished, to provide the competent authorities with additional detailed information at its disposal to enable them to investigate any remaining allegations of anti-union discrimination and, if found to have been made, to impose appropriate sanctions and compensatory measures, and requested the Government and the complainant organization to keep it informed in this respect, as well as on the outcome of the appeal lodged by Mr Mario Leiva. The Committee also encouraged the Government to promote collective bargaining so that in the near future a collective agreement could be concluded with the Institute.
2. 62. With regard to the outcome of the appeal lodged by Mr Mario Leiva, the Government, by a communication dated 1 March 2018, stated that Mr Mario Leiva was reinstated by Resolution INTN No. 908/2016, dated 28 September 2016, and by Agreement and Ruling No. 409 dated 25 October 2016, issued by the Second Chamber of the Court of Auditors, as an official of the INTN and that, at the time of preparation of the aforementioned communication, he was performing his duties as a permanent official of the INTN.
3. 63. With regard to the promotion of collective bargaining within the INTN, the Government stated that the Directorate General of Labour had found that, according to the documents in the Trade Union Registration Department, the following INTN trade unions were registered, namely: (i) the INTN trade union, with trade union status granted on 20 March 2009; (ii) the Union of Officials of the National Institute of Technology and Standardization (SIFUINTN), with trade union status granted on 2 September 2005; (iii) the Sindicato de Trabajadores Públicos del INTN (SITRAPUINTN), with trade union status granted on 13 August 1992; and (iv) the workers organization, Union of Workers of the National Institute of Technology and Standardization (FINTNSI), with trade union status granted on 18 August 1996. Furthermore, the Government reported the existence of a collective agreement on working conditions between the INTN and the SIFUINTN trade union, approved and registered on 22 September 2006, from which strict respect for freedom of association can be inferred.
4. 64. The Committee takes note of the detailed information provided by the Government concerning the reinstatement of Mr Mario Leiva. The Committee also takes note of the information provided by the Government concerning the existence of a collective agreement on working conditions signed between the INTN and SIFUINTN, approved on 22 September 2006, this union being one of the four registered with the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MTESS) and having trade union status. On the basis of the above and having received no further information in this respect from the complainant organization, the Committee, while encouraging the Government to take all necessary measures to promote the use of collective bargaining within the INTN, considers this case closed and will not pursue with further examination.