Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1991, publiée 78ème session CIT (1991)

North Yemen

Referring to its general observation, the Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received and recalls that its previous direct requests read as follows:

Noting the insufficiency of the current legislative provisions ensuring protection against acts of anti-union discrimination for workers' representatives (Article 1 of the Convention), the Committee observes that since 1988 there has been no further reference to other ways of ensuring such protection or to the revision of the Labour Code which was undertaken with ILO assistance in 1987-89.

Although the Government maintained in the past that there is no difficulty in applying the Convention and that no step, such as dismissal or transfer, has ever been taken against workers' representatives by employers or others, the Committee would recall that Article 1 of the Convention requires that effective protection be provided to workers' representatives and that Article 6 permits a certain flexibility as regards the manner in which such protection may be assured by a ratifying State. In the Committee's opinion neither the legislation as it stands nor any other measure has been brought to its attention to show that the provisions of Article 1 are applied.

The Committee trusts that the legislative revision under way will take account of all the above points and it requests the Government to supply the relevant texts along with its report.