Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes from the Government's report that the export processing free zones are in the process of being set up and that it is only after the completion of this process that the legislation applicable to labour relations between employers and workers will be determined. The Committee therefore requests the Government to indicate whether the provisions of the Labour Code of 1974 will apply to industrial relations between employers and workers employed in free zones in conformity with the requirements of the Convention once the latter have been set up.

The Committee also notes the Government's statement that foreigners cannot be responsible for the administration or management of trade unions in Togo but that they can join these unions (section 6 of the Labour Code).

The Committee once again draws the Government's attention to the fact that foreign workers should be able to hold trade union office, at least after a reasonable period of residence (paragraph 160 of the 1983 General Survey on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining).

The Committee requests the Government to take measures to amend section 6 of the Labour Code along the lines suggested above, so as to bring its legislation into full conformity with the Convention.