Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1989)

Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. As in its 2011 direct request, the Committee notes the extensive documentation regarding the representatives appointed to the Tripartite Committee for International Labour Affairs sent by the Government in a report received in September 2012. Under one of the items addressed by the Tripartite Committee in May 2012, proposals were made by the three sectors for setting up a Decent Work Programme in Guatemala. The Government also provides the convening letters, attendance lists and minutes of the meetings held between August 2011 and July 2012. The Committee invites the Government to continue to send detailed information on the tripartite consultations held on the subjects relating to international labour standards covered by the Convention.

Observations on the application of the Convention. The Trade Union Confederation of Guatemala (UNSITRAGUA), together with the Confederation of Workers of Guatemala (CGTG) and the Trade Union Confederation of Guatemala (CUSG) sent a communication to the Government in September 2012 expressing reservations about the development of social dialogue and the effectiveness of the consultations held in the Tripartite Committee. The Indigenous and Rural Workers Trade Union Movement of Guatemala (MSICG), in a communication sent to the Government in September 2012, asserted breach of the Convention in connection with the transmission of reports by the Government and a policy to create forums for social dialogue. The MSICG refers specifically to the adoption in January 2012 of the Act on the Organization of the Economic and Social Council. The Committee requests the Government to send its comments on the abovementioned observations.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2013.]