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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Philippines (Ratification: 1953)

The Committee notes with interest that an ILO High-level Mission took place from 22 to 29 September 2009 with a mandate to review its comments in relation to the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), as well as the pending cases before the Committee on Freedom of Association. The Committee observes that the matters considered by the High-level Mission touch also upon those matters it has been raising in previous years under this Convention. The Committee will thus examine all of the outstanding points in relation to the application of the Convention in both law and in practice next year when it will have at its disposal the detailed mission report and any comments which the Government and the workers’ and employers’ organizations may wish to make. It requests the Government to provide a detailed report in reply to its previous comments for examination next year.

The Committee further notes the detailed information provided by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in relation to the application of the Convention and requests the Government to reply to these comments in its next report.