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Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - South Africa (RATIFICATION: 1996)

In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to send its observations on the comments made by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), with regard to difficulties in organizing in the agricultural sector. The Committee notes that the Government’s report contains information on the provisions of the Labour Relations Act which confer upon trade union representatives a number of facilities including the entitlement to enter the employers’ premises in order to recruit members or communicate with them. The Government also refers to the mechanism for dispute resolution emanating from the application of this right, as well as, more generally, the national provisions concerning the application of the Convention (protection against anti-union discrimination and interference, promotion of collective bargaining). The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report more specific information on trade union membership density in the agricultural sector as well as the number of collective agreements concluded in that sector and their coverage.