Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Latvia (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee takes note of the Government’s report.

1. Article 5 of the Convention. In its previous comments concerning Article 5 of the Convention, the Committee had requested that the Government indicate in its next report whether the prison wardens and employees of the Fire-Fighting Department, Lifesaving Service and Penitentiary Department have the right to bargain collectively and have access to the dispute settlement mechanisms covered by sections 15-17 of the Collective Labour Agreement Act, sections 7-13 of the Strike Act and section 19 of the Trade Union Act, or to other independent and impartial procedures, in case of disagreement on work conditions.

The Committee notes that neither information nor precision has been provided in the Government’s report. Therefore, the Committee repeats the request made in its last comment, and asks the Government to clarify this situation in its next report.

2. Article 5. Concerning representatives authorized for collective bargaining purposes, the Committee refers to its direct request under Convention No. 135.