Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO326, November 2001

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

1. 70. The Committee examined this case, which concerns, inter alia, the division of trade unions assets and property, on three occasions [see 309th Report, paras. 161-185; 310th Report, paras. 15-17; 321st Report, paras. 25-27]. At its May-June 2001 meeting, the Committee requested the Government to keep it informed of developments concerning this case [325th Report, para. 96].
2. 71. In letters dated 11 July and 13 December 2000, and 30 July 2001, the Government limited itself to indicating that it did not have new information on the case.
3. 72. The Committee notes that this case concerns property owned by trade unions before the Second World War, that negotiations have taken place since 1993 between various confederations, without success however, and that this complaint was filed more than four years ago without significant progress being made to date. Stressing that the issue of transmission of trade union assets is an extremely serious one for the viability and free functioning of trade unions and that prolonged uncertainty in this respect is not conducive to sound labour relations, the Committee requests the Government, once again, rapidly to take the initiative in determining the criteria for the division of assets and property, in consultation with the workers’ organizations concerned should they be unable to reach agreement among themselves, and to fix a clear and reasonable time frame for completing the division of property. The Committee, once again, requests the Government to provide it with substantive information on developments in this respect.