Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - United States of America (Ratification: 1988)

Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee had requested information on the outcome of consultations held to re-examine the prospects of ratification of unratified Conventions and any follow-up thereto (Article 5(1)(c) of the Convention). In this regard, the Committee welcomes this progress and notes with interest the reinvigoration of the President’s Committee on the ILO (PC–ILO) and the Tripartite Advisory Panel on International Labour Standards (TAPILS), as reported by the Government in the report for the period ending July 2010. The Committee further notes that on 4 May 2010, the PC–ILO Committee called upon TAPILS to resume its work of reviewing the legal feasibility of the ratification of selected Conventions, such as the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185), and the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006). TAPILS was further asked to work toward the successful completion of the ratification process for the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), and to submit to PC–ILO a shortlist of other Conventions that appear to be suitable for legal review and possible ratification in the near future. The Government further reported that TAPILS was convened on 20 May 2010 for the first time since 2005 and has started to work on the review of United States law and practice with regard to Convention No. 111; TAPILS also decided on the expedited review of Convention No. 185 and the MLC, 2006, in conjunction with the Coast Guard and other relevant agencies. TAPILS further intends to develop a shortlist of Conventions suitable for legal review. The Committee invites the Government to continue regularly to supply information on the outcome of and the follow-up to tripartite consultations relating to the PC–ILO mechanism, including, in particular, its function of reviewing selected Conventions for possible ratification.