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

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Barbados (Ratification: 1967)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. The Committee recalls that for many years it has advised the Government to amend section 4 of the Better Security Act, 1920, according to which any person who wilfully broke a contract of service or hiring, knowing that this could endanger real or personal property, is liable to a fine or up to three months’ imprisonment, so as to eliminate the possibility of invoking it in a case of future strikes. Once again, the Committee strongly encourages the Government to make every effort to take the necessary action in order to amend the Act in the very near future and requests the Government to keep it informed in this respect.

Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government once again to provide information on developments in the process of reviewing legislation regarding trade union recognition which began in 1998. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed in this respect.

Finally, the Committee takes note of the comments submitted by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on 28 August 2007 which mainly refer to issues concerning the application of Convention No. 98.