Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

The Committee notes the Government’s report.

Article 4 of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee noted the significance of the measures which are to be taken to promote voluntary negotiation between employers and workers’ organizations and it requested the Government to keep it informed of any memoranda of understanding or collective agreements that were concluded. The Committee notes that the Government has supplied two draft collective agreements, one on pharmacies and the other on the bakery, pastry-making and allied industries, and that it indicates that collective bargaining remains a major concern of the Government, whose wish is to promote concerted action by all the social partners. While noting the development reported by the Government, the Committee is bound to express its concern at the situation with regard to collective bargaining in the country and requests the Government to take measures to promote collective bargaining and to keep it informed in this respect. The Committee expresses the firm hope that the Government will be in a position to provide information in its next report on substantial progress in the number of collective agreements and accords concluded in the public and private sectors. The Committee reminds the Government that ILO technical assistance is at its disposal.