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

Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1933)

Article 18 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the situation remains unchanged in relation to the information provided previously which reported that a cooperation agreement with Paraguay was at the initial stages. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing any relevant information on this matter.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government, and particularly the Government’s indication that in 2007 an inspection team was established within the General Inspectorate for Labour and Social Security of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security devoted exclusively to controlling the working conditions and environment in ports. As a result of the action of this inspection team, the General Labour Inspectorate has included its own delegates into standing working groups established within the framework of the General Port Administration, namely: the Committee for the Management of the Port Environment and the Committee on Safety and Health in Ports. The membership of both committees also includes other State institutions and representatives of employers and workers in the sector. A working group has also been established, which will be coordinated by the Port Team of the General Labour Inspectorate, and will be composed of all the public and private actors engaged in the operation of ports with the task of preparing a specific standard based on the ILO code of practice covering this subject. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on this matter.

With reference to its previous comments on the invitation made by the Governing Body of the ILO for States which are parties to the present Convention to consider the ratification of the Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152), the Committee notes with interest the Government’s indication that Convention No. 152 and the code of practice, as they are more updated, are being used as a basis for the preparation of an occupational safety and health manual for ports, which is being prepared by the National Port Administration, and for the preparation of a future decree to regulate working conditions in ports, the preliminary draft of which has begun to be discussed jointly by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the General Port Administration, the Single Trade Union for Port and Allied Workers and the Navigation Centre. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on any progress in this respect.