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Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO378, June 2016

CASE_NUMBER 3084 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 15-JUL-14 - Closed

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

Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body
  1. 79. The Committee last examined this case at its March 2015 meeting [see 374th Report, paras 855–873], when it noted with regret that a strike had been once again suspended and compulsory arbitration imposed in the glass industry. On that occasion the Committee requested the Government to ensure in the future that such restrictions may only be imposed in cases of essential services in the strict sense of the term, public servants exercising authority in the name of the State or an acute national crisis. It further requested the Government to take the necessary measures for the amendment of section 63 of Act No. 6356 so as to ensure that the final decision on whether to suspend a strike rests with an independent and impartial body and requested the Government to keep it informed of the progress made in this respect.
  2. 80. In a communication dated 17 June 2015, the Government submitted follow-up information indicating that the complainant union, Kristal-İş, filed a claim with the Tenth Department of the Council of State requesting the cancellation of the decision of the Council of Ministers to postpone the strike and the stopping of its execution. This request was rejected by the decision dated 16 July 2014, where the Council of State concluded that the decision of postponement of the strike in the enterprises where 90 per cent of glass production was realized did not call for stopping execution. The Government further provides general indications about the rules governing the Council of Ministers’ decisions to suspend strikes and the recourses available against those decisions and indicates that since suspension is an administrative process, parties have the right to recourse to judicial review pursuant to article 125 of the Constitution.
  3. 81. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government. It further notes that in its 2015 observation concerning the application of Convention No. 87 in Turkey, the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) refers to subsequent information transmitted by the Government indicating that on 2 July 2015 the Constitutional Court of Turkey ruled that the decision of the Council of State to postpone the strike called for by the complainant was in breach of the trade union rights guaranteed by article 51 of the Constitution. The Committee notes with interest this information and welcomes the fact that, as the Government has indicated in its communication and as the ruling of the Constitutional Court demonstrates, the Council of Ministers’ decisions to suspend strikes are susceptible of judicial review. The Committee expects that, in the future, the Council of Ministers, when it comes to decide on the application of section 63 of Act No. 6356, will do so with full consideration given to trade union rights guaranteed by article 51 of the Constitution, and to the principle that suspension of strikes and imposition of compulsory arbitration can only apply to cases of essential services in the strict sense of the term, public servants exercising authority in the name of the State or an acute national crisis.
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  5. 82. Finally, the Committee requests the governments and/or complainants concerned to keep it informed of any developments relating to the following cases.
    • CaseLast examination on the meritsLast follow-up examination
      1787 (Colombia)March 2010June 2014
      1865 (Republic of Korea)March 2009March 2014
      2400 (Peru)November 2007November 2015
      2512 (India)November 2007November 2015
      2528 (Philippines)June 2012November 2015
      2637 (Malaysia)March 2009November 2015
      2652 (Philippines)November 2003November 2015
      2684 (Ecuador)June 2014
      2715 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)June 2014
      2743 (Argentina)November 2015
      2750 (France)November 2011March 2016
      2755 (Ecuador)June 2010March 2011
      2758 (Russian Federation)November 2012June 2015
      2780 (Ireland)March 2012
      2786 (Dominican Republic)November 2015
      2797 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)March 2014
      2815 (Philippines)November 2012November 2015
      2837 (Argentina)March 2012November 2015
      2844 (Japan)June 2012November 2015
      2850 (Malaysia)March 2012June 2015
      2872 (Guatemala)November 2011
      2892 (Turkey)March 2014November 2015
      2896 (El Salvador)June 2015
      2925 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)March 2014
      2934 (Peru)November 2012
      2966 (Peru)November 2013November 2015
      2976 (Turkey)June 2013March 2016
      2977 (Jordan)March 2013November 2015
      2987 (Argentina)March 2016
      2988 (Qatar)March 2014November 2015
      2998 (Peru)March 2015
      3011 (Turkey)June 2014November 2015
      3022 (Thailand)June 2014
      3024 (Morocco)March 2015March 2016
      3041 (Cameroon)November 2014
      3046 (Argentina)November 2015
      3051 (Japan)November 2015
      3055 (Panama)November 2015
      3072 (Portugal)November 2015
      3075 (Argentina)November 2015
      3083 (Argentina)November 2015
      3087 (Colombia)November 2015
      3101 (Paraguay)November 2015
      3102 (Chile)November 2015
      3105 (Togo)June 2015
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  6. 83. The Committee hopes that these governments will quickly provide the information requested.
  7. 84. In addition, the Committee has received information concerning the follow-up of Cases Nos 1962 (Colombia), 2086 (Paraguay), 2153 (Algeria), 2341 (Guatemala), 2362 (Colombia), 2434 (Colombia), 2488 (Philippines), 2540 (Guatemala), 2566 (Islamic Republic of Iran), 2583 (Colombia), 2595 (Colombia), 2603 (Argentina), 2654 (Canada), 2656 (Brazil), 2667 (Peru), 2679 (Mexico), 2699 (Uruguay), 2706 (Panama), 2708 (Guatemala), 2710 (Colombia), 2716 (Philippines), 2719 (Colombia), 2725 (Argentina), 2745 (Philippines), 2746 (Costa Rica), 2751 (Panama), 2752 (Montenegro), 2756 (Mali), 2763 (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), 2768 (Guatemala), 2788 (Argentina), 2789 (Turkey), 2793 (Colombia), 2816 (Peru), 2827 (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), 2833 (Peru), 2840 (Guatemala), 2852 (Colombia), 2854 (Peru), 2856 (Peru), 2860 (Sri Lanka), 2871 (El Salvador), 2883 (Peru), 2895 (Colombia), 2900 (Peru), 2915 (Peru), 2916 (Nicaragua), 2917 (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), 2924 (Colombia), 2929 (Costa Rica), 2937 (Paraguay), 2944 (Algeria), 2946 (Colombia), 2953 (Italy), 2954 (Colombia), 2960 (Colombia), 2962 (India), 2973 (Mexico), 2979 (Argentina), 2980 (El Salvador), 2985 (El Salvador), 2991 (India), 2992 (Costa Rica), 2995 (Colombia), 2998 (Peru), 2999 (Peru), 3002 (Plurinational State of Bolivia), 3006 (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), 3013 (El Salvador), 3020 (Colombia), 3021 (Turkey), 3026 (Peru), 3030 (Mali), 3033 (Peru), 3036 (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), 3040 (Guatemala), 3043 (Peru), 3054 (El Salvador), 3057 (Canada), 3058 (Djibouti), 3063 (Colombia), 3064 (Cambodia), 3070 (Benin), 3077 (Honduras), 3085 (Algeria) and 3096 (Peru), which it will examine at its next meeting.
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