Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 328, June 2002

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

1. 53. The Committee last examined this case, which concerns dismissals of trade unionists following the creation of a trade union office and acts of anti-union repression, at its meeting of March 2002 [327th Report, paras. 77-80]. On this occasion, the Committee noted that more than 18 months had elapsed since the dismissals, held as unlawful by the Labour Inspectorate, of eight trade union officers at the Fruit of the Loom company. Accordingly, the Committee once again requested the Government to keep it informed of the court ruling concerning the records entered by the Labour Inspectorate, and to provide it with the court decisions handed down in the proceedings filed by the workers to obtain compensation for unlawful dismissal, including the judgement concerning a worker said to have received compensation of 3,000 dirhams. Finally, the Committee requested the Government to keep it informed of measures actually taken concerning the allegations of anti-union behaviour by the Governor of the town of Salé.
2. 54. In a communication of 6 May 2002, the Government indicates on this last point that, according to an inquiry made by the Ministry of the Interior, local authorities intervened in this dispute as part of the Prefectoral Commission of Investigation and Reconciliation, which resulted in a strengthening of stability and of labour relations. The Government thus concludes that the allegations of anti-union attitude by the Governor of Salé are totally unfounded.
3. 55. The Committee notes this information. It requests the Government to continue to keep it informed of developments on all other pending issues.