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

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Argentina (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes the comments made by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the Central of Argentine Workers (CTA) on the application of the Convention.

The Committee notes that the ICFTU and CTA comments refer to matters raised by the Committee in the observations that it has been making to the Government for many years concerning certain provisions of Act No. 23551 respecting trade union associations (for example, relating to the requirements to be able to contest the trade union status of an association and the conditions for the granting of trade union status to trade unions at the level of the trade, occupation or category). The ICFTU further refers to acts of anti-union repression against the leaders and members of the Central Union of Professionals of Telecommunications Enterprises (CEPETEL) and the Buenos Aires Graphical Federation.

The Committee regrets that the Government has not provided its observations in respect of these comments. The Committee notes that the legislative matters raised by the ICFTU and the CTA were examined the previous year in the context of the regular reporting cycle. Under these conditions, the Committee requests the Government to provide its comments on these matters, particularly on the allegations concerning acts of anti-union repression, as well as on the other outstanding issues raised by the Committee (see 2003 observation, 74th Session) for examination during the regular reporting cycle in 2005.