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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - South Africa (Ratification: 1996)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and the comments made by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), in a communication dated 10 August 2006, which concerns the difficulty in organizing in the agricultural sector and the fact that workers who try to form or join trade unions are faced with intimidation, violence and dismissal. The Committee requests the Government to send its observations on these comments.