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

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Ecuador (Ratification: 1967)

The Committee notes that in its previous comments it referred to article 35(9) of the Political Constitution, which provides that "the right of association is guaranteed to all workers and employers and the right to organize their programmes without previous authorization and in conformity with the law. As concerns labour relations in state institutions, the workers shall be represented by one organization". The Committee recalls that imposing a trade union monopoly within state institutions or bodies is not compatible with the provisions of the Convention. The Committee therefore once again requests the Government to indicate whether this provision prevents the establishment of more than one organization in each public body or institution, or merely gives preferential rights for collective bargaining to the most representative organization, and whether once an organization becomes the most representative it can exercise such preferential rights in the place of the organization that no longer has the majority.