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

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - North Macedonia (Ratification: 1991)

The Committee notes the provisions of the Constitution of 1991 which guarantee citizens freedom of association (article 20) and the right to establish trade unions (article 37). The Committee points out that, in its 1994 General Survey on freedom of association and collective bargaining (paragraph 63), it stated that restrictions making citizenship a precondition for membership of a trade union may prevent migrant workers or foreign workers from playing an active role in the defence of their interests. The Committee therefore requests the Government to indicate in its next report the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that all workers legally residing in its territory, whether citizens of the country or foreigners, benefit from the trade union rights provided by the Convention, including the right to strike, without any distinction based on nationality.