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

Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1980)

1. Article 2 of the Convention. With reference to its previous direct request, the Committee notes the level of employment in the port of Montevideo in the last quarter of 1987. Please continue supplying detailed information on the minimum periods of employment assured to dockworkers for the period covered by the next report.

2. Articles 3 and 4. The Committee notes with interest the information supplied concerning the effect given to the above Articles of the Convention in the coastal and inland ports of the country. Please continue supplying information on these ports in future reports, and also include information on the dockworkers of the National Administration of Ports (ANP).

3. Article 5. Please indicate in the next report whether, within the framework of the special tripartite committee, set up on 7 March 1986, measures have been adopted to encourage greater co-operation between employers or their organisations and workers' organisations to improve the efficiency of work in ports. Please also supply information on the effect given to this Article of the Convention in the coastal and inland ports of the country.