Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 333, March 2004

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

1. 14. The Committee last examined this case, which concerns allegations of restrictions of the right to bargain collectively, at its November 2003 meeting when it requested the Government to undertake detailed consultations with the parties concerned with a view to remedying the imbalance in the Supervisory Commission of the National Register of Newspaper and Magazine Vendors and Distributors and to promote free and voluntary collective bargaining between newspaper and magazine vendors’ unions and employers in the sector. The Committee requested the Government to keep it informed of developments in this regard [see 332nd Report, paras. 211-227].
2. 15. In a communication of 20 January 2004, the Government states that it has communicated the Committee’s recommendations to the president of the Supervisory Commission of the National Register of Newspaper and Magazine Vendors and Distributors.
3. 16. The Committee takes note of this information. The Committee expresses the hope that measures will continue to be taken in order to remedy the imbalance in the composition of the abovementioned tripartite Supervisory Commission. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of all new measures adopted in this respect.