Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

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

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

The Committee recalls that its previous comments concerned the need to amend the national legislation in order to: - guarantee that trade union organizations are not subject to dissolution by administrative means (Act No. 65-40 of 22 May 1965); - allow foreign workers to hold trade union office (section 7 of the Labour Code); - restrict the powers of the authorities to impose compulsory arbitration to bring an end to a strike (sections 238-245 of the Labour Code) to essential services in the strict sense of the term, i.e. services whose interruption would endanger the life, personal safety or health of the whole or part of the population. The Committee notes the Government's statement in its report that it will take all necessary steps to complete the reforms currently under way to bring laws and regulations into conformity with the relevant international standards and that it will seek the technical assistance of the ILO if this proves essential. The Committee again asks the Government to indicate in its next report the measures taken to bring its legislation into conformity with the Convention, and to provide the texts of any amendments to laws or regulations that have been adopted in this connection.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.