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

Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154) - Argentina (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes the report made by the Government.

With reference to its previous direct request, the Committee notes that the Government states that the National Commission for Mediation and Collective Bargaining and the 1994 Framework Agreement on Employment, Productivity and Social Equity have ceased to operate, but that both have made a significant contribution in the general sphere of reconciliation between social partners which culminated in the collective bargaining project and the Law on Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector: Teachers and University Staff.

As regards the requirement for official approval of agreements going beyond enterprise level, the Committee refers to the comments it made in examining the application of Convention No. 98 by the Government of Argentina.

Finally, the Committee has also noted the comments made by the Union of United Maritime Workers (SOMU) relating to collective bargaining in the maritime sector, to which a response will be given within the framework of Convention No. 98.