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

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Namibia (Ratification: 1995)

The Committee takes note of the Government’s report.

In its previous comments, the Committee had noted the need to repeal the provision in the Export Processing Zones Amendment Act, 1996, which prohibited any employee from taking action by way of, or participating in, a strike in an export processing zone (EPZ), an action for which the worker was liable to disciplinary penalty or dismissal.

The Committee now notes with satisfaction that the Labour Act, No. 6, of 1992 is applicable in its entirety to all zones, including the export processing zones. It requests the Government to transmit a copy of the repealing order in question with its next report.