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

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Belgium (Ratification: 1951)

The Committee notes the comments of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), of 10 August 2006, which refer, among other matters, to reprisals for the right to strike in the automobile sector and other restrictions on the exercise of the right to strike in various sectors, including a circular and a police order restricting strike pickets. In this respect, the Committee requests the Government to provide its observations on the comments of the ICFTU.

The Committee also requests the Government, in the context of the regular reporting cycle, to provide its comments for the Committee’s next session in November-December 2007 on the matters raised in its previous observation in 2005 (see 2005 observation, 76th Session).