Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Togo (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes the comments of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), dated 26 August 2009. The Committee requests the Government to provide its observations in this respect.

Article 2 of the Convention. Export processing zones. The Committee recalls that it has been asking the Government for several years to recognize the trade union rights of workers in export processing zones. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether, under the terms of the new Labour Code (Act No. 2006-010 of 13 December 2006), this category of workers benefits from the guarantees afforded by the Convention. It also once again requests the Government to provide information on any trade union organization that has requested the legal capacity to defend workers in export processing zones.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.