Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Ecuador (Ratification: 1967)

The Committee notes the comments of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) of 10 August 2006, which essentially refer to issues of a legislative nature that are already under examination. The ICFTU also indicates that workers in service enterprises and with short-term contracts do not benefit from the guarantees set out in the Convention, and refers to difficulties in exercising the right to organize in the flower-growing sector and to the arrest of trade union leaders in the banana sector. In this respect, the Committee requests the Government to provide its observations in relation to the ICFTU’s comments.

The Committee also requests the Government, in the context of the regular reporting cycle, to provide its observations for the Committee’s next session in November-December 2007 on all the issues relating to legislation and the application of the Convention in practice raised in its previous observation in 2005 (see 2005 observation, 76th Session).