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Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) - Democratic Republic of the Congo (RATIFICATION: 2001)

The Committee notes the comments on the application of the Convention submitted by the World Confederation of Labour (WCL) and the Congolese Trade Union Confederation (CSC) concerning the difficulties of applying, within certain enterprises such as OFIDA (the Customs and Excise Office), the provisions of Ministerial Order No. 12/CAB.MIN/TPS/ar/NK/054 of 12 October 2004 which envisage the means made available to the workers’ representatives to allow them to perform their functions and the types of workers’ representatives entitled to the protection and the facilities provided for in this Convention. The Committee requests the Government to respond to its comments.

Moreover, the Committee notes that, in their comments, the WCL and the CSC state that they are satisfied with the provisions of the Labour Code concerning the representation of the workers in enterprises but that, in practice, the workers’ representatives do not enjoy effective protection as provided for by Article 1 of the Convention, certain among them having been demoted or made redundant. The Committee requests the Government to respond to the comments made by the WCL and the CSC.

The Committee requests the Government to provide it with practical information on the application of the provisions of the Labour Code concerning protection against acts of anti-union discrimination and, in particular, the number of cases involving acts of anti-union discrimination occurring during employment and at the time of redundancy which have been reported and in which penalties have been applied.

The Committee also requests the Government to respond to the other questions which were raised with regard to the application of the Convention (see direct request 2004, 75th Session).