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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Comoros (Ratification: 1978)

Article 4 of the Convention. The Committee recalls that for several years it has been requesting the Government to take measures to promote collective bargaining in the public and private sectors. The Committee notes that the Government expresses regret in its report that there has not been substantial progress in this respect and reiterates its desire to receive technical assistance to help the partners concerned gain a better understanding of the socio-economic importance of collective bargaining. In this respect, the Committee notes the comments of the Employers’ Organization of Comoros (OPACO), according to which collective agreements in the pharmaceuticals and bakeries sectors, which have been under negotiation for several years, have still not been concluded, and that negotiations in the press sector are currently under way. The Committee notes with regret that, according to OPACO, the Government is not taking any measures to promote collective bargaining in either the public or the private sectors.

The Committee regrets the lack of progress in collective bargaining in these sectors and expresses the firm hope that it will be completed in the near future. The Committee expresses the firm hope that ILO technical assistance will be provided in the very near future and requests the Government to take all the necessary measures to promote collective bargaining in both the private and the public sectors. The Committee requests the Government to indicate any developments in this regard.