Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2008, publiée 98ème session CIT (2009)

The Committee recalls that its previous comments concerned the exercise of the right to strike under the Labour Code of 1999.

The Committee notes that the provisions of the Labour Code would appear to allow strikes only in connection with the negotiation of a collective labour agreement. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether trade unions can use strike action to support their position in the search for solutions to problems posed by major social and economic policy trends and have recourse to sympathy strikes.

The Committee notes that section 120.4.2 of the Labour Code requires a trade union to indicate “a proposed duration of the strike” in a strike notice. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether workers can declare a strike for an indeterminate period of time.