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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1968)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and, in particular, the information concerning the procedure followed to determine the representativeness of trade union organizations in the collective bargaining process.

The Committee asks the Government, once again, to provide information on the cases that have arisen in recent years in which two trade union organizations claimed to be the most representative and on the criteria used in practice by the authorities to determine the most representative trade union. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the number of cases in which the decision of the administrative authority has been challenged in a court of law, indicating the grounds put forward by the complainant trade union organization.

Lastly, the Committee notes the comments of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) on the application of the Convention and refers, in this respect, to its observation on the application of Convention No. 87.