Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Republic of Moldova (Ratification: 1996)

The Committee notes with satisfaction the provisions of the 1994 Constitution and the Labour Code as amended as at 1998 which provide for the right of workers to establish and join trade unions (article 42 of the Constitution; section 2(5) of the Labour Code), which lays down the right of workers to establish organizations of their own choice without prior authorization (section 232 of the Labour Code) and the right to strike (article 45 of the Constitution).

The Committee is raising a number of points in a request addressed directly to the Government.