Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Türkiye (Ratification: 1952)

The Committee notes the comments made by the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DISK) in a communication dated 19 July 2000 concerning the denial of the right to bargain collectively for ten trade union organizations due to the fact that they could not satisfy the 10 per cent membership requirement. The Committee notes that the Government states that it has initiated work to amend Acts Nos. 2821 and 2822 and proposed to lift the 10 per cent membership requirement in a given branch of activity for collective bargaining purposes, and that consultations with the social partners on these draft Bills are soon to be finalized.

The Committee requests the Government to send a copy of the Bill to amend Acts Nos. 2821 and 2822 as soon as prepared so as to be in a position to assess its conformity with the requirements of the Convention.

The Committee will examine next year this question as well as the issues raised in its previous observation, in the framework of the regular supervision of the application of the Convention.