Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) - Portugal (Ratification: 1981)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and the legislative texts with respect to, among other matters, the authorities responsible for the application of the measures giving effect to the Convention and the establishment of a specific social protection scheme for workers in the port sector. The Committee requests the Government to provide with its next report, as requested in Part V of the report form, a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied, including for instance extracts from reports, studies or surveys by the above authorities.

In paragraph 216 of its General Survey of 2001 on dock work, the Committee noted the positions expressed by the Confederation of Portuguese Industry (CIP) and the General Union of Workers (UGT) relating to difficulties in the application of the Convention and of Recommendation No. 145. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken to encourage cooperation between employers or their organizations, on the one hand, and workers’ organizations, on the other hand, in improving the efficiency of work in ports (Article 5 of the Convention).