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

Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) - Spain (Ratification: 1975)

The Committee notes with interest the Government's report and the detailed information supplied in response to its previous observation.

Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Convention. Further to its previous comments in which it asked the Government to indicate whether workers on the Special Register of Dock Workers are entitled to minimum periods of employment or minimum income, "in a manner and to an extent depending on the economic and social situation of the country and port concerned", the Committee notes that article 9, paragraph 3, of the Agreement on the regulation of labour relations in the port sector of 18 October 1994 provides for a minimum income to be set in regional collective agreements.

The Committee also notes the information to the effect that dockers recruited for casual work by stevedoring companies are subject to the conditions of employment provided for in the Statute of workers which apply to all sectors of activity.

Article 6. The Committee notes that article 11 of the above-mentioned Agreement of 18 October 1994 provides that the National Agreement on Continuous Training of 16 December 1992 applies. It also notes that article 12 provides for the establishment of a joint committee on safety and health. The Committee notes the information concerning the establishment of a tripartite committee for training and the application to dockers of the Act of 8 November 1995 on the prevention of risks at work, and asks the Government to indicate the practical effect given to the provisions of above-mentioned articles 11 and 12.