Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Uganda (Ratification: 1963)

The Committee notes the Government's report.

For several years, the Committee has been noting that employees in the Bank of Uganda are excluded from the scope of the Trade Unions Decree No. 20 of 1976, and therefore do not enjoy the rights guaranteed by the Convention.

The Committee notes from the Government's report that this matter is still being discussed with the competent authorities and that it will transmit any decision that is taken in this respect.

The Committee recalls that although the Convention does not deal with public servants engaged in the administration of the State (Article 6), the right to bargain collectively their terms and conditions of employment should be granted to bank employees, who cannot be considered to be public servants engaged in the administration of the State. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate in its next report the measures that have been taken to guarantee the rights laid down in this Convention to the staff of the Bank of Uganda.