Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Seychelles (Ratification: 1978)

The Committee takes note of the Government's report.

Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes with satisfaction that section 9(1)(e) of the Industrial Relations Act of 1993 which provided that "the Registrar shall not register a trade union if its membership is open to persons who are not engaged in the same trade, or in similar or connected trades or in the same undertaking" has been repealed by Act No. 17 of 1994 and that the new Act ensures the possibility of trade union pluralism.

The Committee requests the Government to provide in its next report comments on the observations made by the Seychelles Workers' Union (SWU) on the application of the Convention.

The Committee is also addressing a direct request to the Government on a number of issues relating to the Industrial Relations Act of 1993.