Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

The Committee notes the information in the Government's report, as well as the comments by the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations and by the Confederation of Trade Unions of Turkey (TURK-IS).

The Committee, following its previous comments on elected workers' representatives, notes the Government's statement that, under conditions, where there is no trade union representative, freely elected workers are recognized as workers' representatives and become members of certain boards for the purposes of relevant regulations, of which examples are given. The Committee asks the Government to indicate if these elected workers' representatives are protected from discrimination based on their activities by the provision applicable to shop stewards.

With regard to the comments by TURK-IS on the protection of workers' representatives of public servants' trade unions, the Committee again refers to its comments under Convention No. 151.