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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Estonia (Ratification: 1994)

Article 4 of the Convention. Promotion of collective bargaining. The Committee notes the Government’s reply to the comments on the application of the Convention made by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) concerning obstacles to collective bargaining in the public sector. The Committee further takes note of the conclusions and the recommendations of the Committee on Freedom of Association in Case No. 2543 concerning alleged limitations to collective bargaining in respect of public servants’ salaries. The Committee also notes that, in response to the ITUC’s statement that between 20 and 25 per cent of the workforce is covered by collective agreements, the Government indicates that 6.2 per cent of the workforce was unionized, and that the ITUC’s estimate was quite acceptable. The Committee invites the Government to take measures, in consultation with the social partners, to promote collective bargaining and to inform it of the results achieved in this regard.