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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Estonia (Ratification: 1994)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report.

Article 1 of the Convention. The Committee had previously noted that legislation, while containing provisions which provided for protection against acts of anti-union discrimination during the course of employment, did not provide for protection against acts of anti-union discrimination at the time of recruitment. The Committee notes the Government's statement that the draft Trade Unions Act will ensure adequate protection against acts of anti-union discrimination and provide for administrative and criminal penalties for violations thereof.

The Committee hopes that the draft Trade Unions Act contains provisions which will provide for protection against acts of anti-union discrimination at the time of recruitment. The Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of the above-mentioned draft Act as soon as it is adopted.

Article 4. The Committee had previously requested the Government to provide information on the most important collective agreements concluded during the period covered by the Government's report. The Government indicates that the most important collective agreements are those that have been concluded between: the Transport and Road Workers' Trade Union and the Transport Employers' Federation and National Road Board; the Energy Workers' Union and Estonian Energy Ltd. and Electricity Net Ltd.; the Forestry Workers' Union and the Ministry of Environment; the Oil Shale Miners' Union and Estonian Oil Shale Ltd.; the Railway Workers Union and the Estonian Railway Ltd.; the Communication Workers' Union and the Estonian Telephone and the Estonian Post Ltd. The Committee takes note of this information.