Seguimiento dado a las recomendaciones del Comité y del Consejo de Administración - Informe núm. 329, Noviembre 2002

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

1. 48. The Committee last examined this case concerning murders and dismissals at its March 2002 meeting [see 327th Report, paras. 61-66]. On that occasion it made the following recommendations on the issues still pending:
   • – The Committee once again requests the complainant to send further information with regard to the murder of Cesáreo Chanchavac.
   • – The Committee notes that the judicial proceedings relating to dismissals at the Ofelia and La Patria farms (dismissed in August 1995) and the Santa Fe and La Palmera farms are still pending. The Committee requests the Government to provide specific information in this respect, and also to provide information on the dismissals at the El Arco farm (1997) and the alleged impossibility of negotiating a collective agreement at the San Carlos Miramar farm. The Committee hopes that the rulings relating to the dismissals are handed down and that the negotiation of a collective agreement at the San Carlos Miramar farm make progress in the near future and requests the Government to keep it informed in this respect.
2. 49. In its communications dated 20 and 27 September 2002, the Government states that Guatemalan workers currently have a special public prosecutor’s office which deals with allegations relating to murders and death threats resulting from their union activity. It also points out that it is difficult to provide satisfactory information because some complaints date from a long time ago. The Government also supplies information on a series of acts of violence, which are not contained in the allegations.
3. 50. The Committee notes once again that the complainant organization has not sent further information concerning the murder of the trade union member Cesáreo Chanchavac. The Committee once again requests the complainants to send further information in respect of this murder. As regards the proceedings concerning dismissals at the Ofelia, La Patria, Santa Fe and La Palmera farms, the alleged dismissals at the El Arco farm and the alleged impossibility of negotiating a collective agreement at the San Carlos Miramar farm, the Committee notes with regret that the Government has not sent any observations in this respect. The Committee once again requests the Government to keep it informed on the rulings that are handed down in relation to these dismissals and to promote the negotiation of a collective agreement at the San Carlos Miramar farm.