Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920 (No. 9) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1933)

Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its earlier comments. It notes, in particular, the agreement reached in the tripartite meeting with the participation of representatives of the National Naval Prefecture, the Chamber of the Merchant Marine and the Inter-Union of Workers - National Convention of Workers (PIT-CNT), convened in October 1992, to establish as soon as possible a tripartite administrative committee in order to give effect to Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. The Committee expresses the hope that the administrative committee will be effectively functioning in the nearest future and that the Government will be in a position to provide, in its next report, information on the organization and functioning of the system of employment offices for finding employment for seamen without charge and on measures taken with regard to the consultation procedure of committees consisting of an equal number of representatives of shipowners and seamen, as required by these Articles. Please also indicate the follow-up, if any, given to the draft regulations respecting the Registration Service for Seamen in the Merchant Marine, referred to in the Government's previous report.

[The Government is asked to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1994.]