Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Gabon (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report does not contain a reply to its previous comments. It expresses the hope that the next report will contain full information on the following matters.

The Committee requests that the Government provide the text of any implementing legislation of the Labour Code regarding minimum service, as well as any other text relating to the application of the Convention to enable the Committee to examine its conformity with the provisions of the Convention.

The Committee also notes with regret that the Government has not supplied any information in reply to the comments made in 1998 by the Federation of Energy, Mines and Affiliated Free Trade Unions (FLEEMA) and the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Gabon (CGSL) regarding the refusal of the directors of the enterprise COGEMAT to allow its personnel to join and participate in FLEEMA trade union activities, on the grounds that they do not belong to the same sector.

The Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on the measures which have been taken or are envisaged to guarantee the right of employees of COGEMAT to join the trade union of their own choosing, in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention.