Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1988, published 75th ILC session (1988)

Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1933)

Article 3 of the Convention. In its previous direct request, the Committee took note of the observations made by the Union of Maritime Transport Shipmasters and Officers concerning the application of this Article. The above Union alleges that the model seamen's articles of agreement is imposed by the maritime authority and does not provide for the agreement of the parties or a discussion of its clauses.

The Committee takes note of the Government's comments on this matter to the effect that the clauses are determined by the employers and workers through the free negotiating mechanism of collective agreements and that many such agreements exist concerning all the aspects of seafarers' working conditions. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide copies of a sample of the collective agreements in question.