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The Committee notes the observations of the National Confederation of Municipal Employees of Chile (ASEMUCH), dated 25 May 2006, and those of the National Intercompany Union of Workers in Metallurgy, Energy, Communications and Related Activities (SME), dated 8 January 2006, which refer to collective bargaining for public employees, including municipal employees. The Committee refers the Government in this context to its comments on the application of Convention No. 98.

Article 7 of the Convention. The Committee notes with regret that the Government has not commented on the observations submitted by the National Association of Employees in the Fiscal Administration (ANEF) alleging non-compliance by the Government with an agreement concluded with ANEF under which the Government undertook to grant stable employment to 45 per cent of workers with temporary or precarious contracts in the central administration of the State through a gradual process which was to begin in December 2002. It also failed to comply with an undertaking in the agreement concerning a new system of sectoral negotiations with ANEF. Furthermore, both Act No. 19882 and Ministry of Finance Decree No. 69 regulating new procedures for the promotion of public employees, bar associations of public officials from participating in selection committees. The Committee once again recalls the importance of respecting agreements concluded with trade union organizations and asks the Government to send its comments on ANEF’s observations.