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The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report, which states that in both the private and public sectors collective bargaining is as embryonic now as it was when trade unions first came into being at the beginning of the century. The Government states that bargaining has nonetheless sometimes led to draft agreements.

In this connection, the Committee notes with interest that on 23 October 1996 a draft agreement was concluded by the Government, on the one hand, and on the other the National Union of Comorian Institutions (SNIC) and the Comoros National Teachers' Union (SNPC). The agreement aims, amongst other things, to ensure regular payment of teachers' salaries and observance of all trade union rights in this sector.

The Committee therefore asks the Government to keep it informed of any other draft agreements or collective agreements concluded in other sectors in conformity with Article 4 of the Convention, which provides for the adoption of measures to promote the voluntary negotiation of collective agreements between employers' and workers' organizations.