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

Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) - Iraq (Ratification: 1978)

Article 6 of the Convention. Improvement of working conditions for dockworkers. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in September 2008 in which the Government indicates its intention to achieve decent working conditions for dockworkers and to meet its obligations with respect to ratified Conventions. The Government reports that while specific laws or regulations dealing with dockworkers or dock works did not exist, dockworkers were covered by the general provisions of the Labour Code, which was currently being amended, and that the competent authorities remained seized of the matter. The Committee recalls that the country is undergoing a process of reconstruction and invites the Government to provide information in its next report on the results achieved at the tripartite level in improving the efficiency of work in ports. In particular, the Committee would appreciate receiving information on the number of dockworkers employed in the ports of Iraq and of variations in their numbers. Please also supply information on the measures taken to ensure that appropriate safety, health, welfare and vocational training provisions also apply to dockworkers.