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Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151) - Colombia (RATIFICATION: 2000)

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  6. 2002

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The Committee notes the comments of 30 August 2011 from the Single Confederation of Workers (CUT) and the Confederation of Workers of Colombia (CTC). Its asks the Government to send its observations thereon.
The Committee also takes note of earlier comments made by the National Federation of State Service Workers (FENALTRASE–CUT), the National Federation of Public Servants (FENASER–CTC), the National Union of State and Public Service Workers (UNETE–CGT), the National Union of State and Public Service Workers of Colombia (UTRADEC–CGT), the CUT and the Coordinator of Andean Trade Union Confederations (CCSA). The Committee is addressing the main issues raised by these organizations in its comments on the application of the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98).
Lastly, the Committee once again asks the Government to provide in its next report information of the following matters:
  • -the facilities to be afforded to representatives of recognized public employees’ organizations to enable them to carry out their functions properly and efficiently, both during and outside their hours of work. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the facilities to be applied under the legislation and to state whether any facilities have been established under collective agreements, providing examples (Article 6 of the Convention);
  • -the independent and impartial machinery established for the settlement of disputes arising in connection with the determination of terms and conditions of employment in the context of the process of collective bargaining (Article 8);
  • -its observations on the comments of 3 April 2006 from the Trade Union of Public Officials of the “University Hospital of Valle” (SINSPUBLIC), and the CUT’s comments of 4 April 2006, to the effect that Act No. 909 of 2004 and its implementing decrees, promulgated without consulting employers’ and workers’ organizations, require public sector workers to sit further competitions in order to be confirmed in their posts, in breach of the collective agreement concluded by SINSPUBLIC and the hospital administration.
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