Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

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

The Committee observes that the Government has not replied to its previous direct request which referred to the exclusion from the scope of application of the Organic Labour Act, and thus from the right to organize and to bargain collectively, of fire-fighters (see 308th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association, Case No. 1902, paragraphs 697 to 705).

In this regard, the Committee again expresses the firm hope that the Government will adopt the necessary measures to ensure, both in law and in practice, that fire-fighters enjoy the right to organize and bargain collectively, in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention, it being understood that the right to strike can be prohibited for these workers on the grounds that they provide an essential service in the strict sense of the term. The Committee again asks the Government to inform it in its next report of any progress made in this respect.