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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Malawi (Ratification: 1965)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct requests, which read as follows:

Repetition

The Committee notes the International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) communication dated 24 August 2010, which refers to obstacles to the exercise of collective bargaining rights and in particular the requirement in practice of very high representation thresholds. The Committee further notes that the ITUC also refers to difficulties in the export processing zones (EPZs) and, finally, restrictions to trade union rights in certain enterprises or institutions. The Committee requests the Government to provide its observations thereon.

The Committee notes the comments made by the ITUC dated 31 July 2012 alleging anti-union practices.