Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) - Norway (Ratification: 1974)

Part V of the report form. The Committee notes the Government’s report for the period ending May 2007, which includes indications of the number of registered dockworkers and data provided by the Norwegian Transport Workers’ Union. The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) once again expresses its concern at the European Union’s work on a new port directive and its possible impact on the collective agreements with regard to loading and unloading of ships. The LO stresses that Norway’s obligation under Convention No. 137 must be maintained. As it requested in the past, the Committee invites the Government to comment on these issues and on the results achieved at the tripartite level with regard to improving the efficiency of work in ports. It would welcome continuing to receive information on the practical effect given to the Convention, including extracts from the reports of the authorities responsible for the application of laws and regulations, and available information on the number of dockworkers on the registers maintained, in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention, and the variations in these numbers.