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

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1982)

The Committee notes the conclusions of the Committee on Freedom of Association in Case No. 1902 (see 308th Report, paragraphs 697-705) concerning the exclusion from the scope of the Organic Labour Act of firefighters, who do not therefore have the right to organize.

In this respect, the Committee expresses the firm hope that the Government will adopt the necessary measures to guarantee, both in legislation and in practice, the right to organize for firefighters, in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention which may prohibit the exercise of the right to strike for this category of workers since it is an essential service in the strict sense of the term. The Committee requests the Government to inform it, in its next report, of any progress made in this regard.