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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Ghana (Ratification: 1959)

The Committee notes the comments of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) of 10 August 2006, referring to the denial of the right to collective bargaining for workers in the prison services, who are excluded from the right of association in the same way as workers in the intelligence services, and to acts of anti-union discrimination in many companies. The Committee notes the recent reply from the Government, which will be examined at its next session.

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