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

The Committee notes the report made by the Government.

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee regrets to observe that the Government reiterates that it has not been possible to send the texts of agreements concluded, since workers' and employers' organizations have not availed themselves of the possibilities offered by national legislation for collective bargaining.

In this respect, the Committee once again reminds the Government that in ratifying the Convention it had undertaken to adopt appropriate measures to encourage and promote the full development and utilization of machinery for voluntary negotiation between employers or employers' organizations and workers' organizations, with a view to the regulation of terms and conditions of employment by means of collective agreements. Under these conditions, the Committee requests the Government to take the measures necessary to implement the provisions of Article 4 of the Convention and hopes that in its next report the Government will be able to provide copies of the texts of collective agreements concluded, be they at national, regional or local level.