Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1980)

Articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Convention. In reply to the direct request of 2004, the Government indicates that dockworkers are governed by the same labour laws as other workers in the private sector. Dock work is covered by wage bargaining which takes place in wage boards, as a result of which dockworkers are guaranteed minimum levels by category. Each enterprise has registers for all the occupational categories of dockworkers, and single registers may exist covering more than one category. The Government adds that a port subprogramme of a tripartite nature was established within the scope of the General Labour and Social Security Inspectorate. The Committee hopes that the Government will continue to provide information in its next report on the manner in which the “national policy” required by the Convention encourages all concerned, both in the public as well as the private sectors, to improve the effectiveness of dock work.