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

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Cameroon (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It nevertheless notes the entry into force of Law No. 92/007 of 14 August 1992 issuing the new Labour Code.

The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether Decree No. 74/969 of 3 December 1974 empowering the authorities to call up workers who are on strike, which was adopted pursuant to section 165(3) of the former Labour Code, which has been omitted from the new Code, has been repealed.

It also asks the Government to indicate whether appeals lodged under section 14 of the new Code with the competent authority against the registrar's decision to cancel registration of a trade union have suspensory effect.

The Committee asks the Government to provide a copy, as soon as it has been adopted, of the decree provided for in section 9 of the new Code which provides that the form under which trade unions or employers' associations shall be set up in order for them to be registered shall be fixed by decree after the recommendation of the National Labour Advisory Board.

Lastly, it asks the Government to provide information on the practical effect given to the provisions of sections 156 to 164 of the Code, concerning the right to strike and compulsory arbitration (number of collective labour disputes settled by compulsory arbitration under the Code, opposition to arbitration awards, ...), and also the legal scope of the opposition to an arbitration award (section 163 of the Labour Code).