Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 11) - Bangladesh (Ratification: 1972)

The Committee notes the general information repeated in the Government's recent reports under this Convention, as well as the comments received from the Bangladesh Employers' Association pointing out that, while the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969, does not cover self-employed agricultural workers, there is no legal restriction on the right of association of this category of workers.

In this connection, the Committee would recall that in its 1979 observation it had requested the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice (number of existing trade unions, number of collective agreements, etc.). As this request for details as to how all agricultural workers enjoy the same rights of association and combination as industrial workers was only met in the 1980 government report, the Committee would again ask the Government to supply an update on Article 1, giving in particular details on the nature, structure and numbers of organisations existing for self-employed agricultural workers, sharecroppers, tenant farmers, etc.