Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1954)

The Committee notes the comments made by the trade union congress PIT-CNT in May 2003 reiterating comments that it had made previously. The Committee also notes the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on Freedom of Association in Case No. 2087 [see 328th Report, paras. 606-616] concerning in particular the delays in administrative procedures in cases of denunciations of anti-union discrimination.

The Committee notes that the PIT-CNT refers to the lack of rapid and effective machinery against acts of anti-union discrimination and the impossibility of carrying out collective bargaining in the major sectors, and particularly in the services and commercial sectors. Moreover, in its previous observation, the Committee requested further information on collective bargaining in the public sector.

As it did in its previous observation, the Committee requests the Government to provide further particulars on the average time which elapses between the initiation of investigations of complaints of anti-union discrimination and the imposition of sanctions, or the closure of the case. The Committee also requests the Government to indicate the total number of complaints of acts of anti-union discrimination lodged over the past two years.

The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on the number of collective agreements concluded by enterprise and by economic branch, including the public sector and the public administration, with an indication of the sectors and number of workers covered and, if possible, with a full list of the collective agreements concluded in the country.