Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Argentina (Ratification: 1987)

The Committee notes the statement in the Government’s report that the National Commission for Tripartite Consultation regarding the Application of International Labour Standards met several times in 2013. The Government indicates that these meetings were attended by representatives of various areas of Government, representatives of the employers (Argentine Industrial Union (UIA)) and representatives of the workers (General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and Confederation of Workers of Argentina (CTA)). The Committee recalls that in previous reports the Government sent information on tripartite consultations on the matters referred to by the Convention that were also held in the context of MERCOSUR. In a communication sent to the Government in September 2013, the CTA states that the forums for promoting dialogue and tripartite consultation are few in number and circumstantial. The authorities have not established any regular and ongoing mechanisms for dialogue as required by the Convention. The Committee invites the Government to include more detailed information on the consultations held on each of the matters referred to in Article 5(1) of the Convention. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would also include information on the tripartite consultations on international labour standards held in the context of MERCOSUR.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2014.]