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

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1967)

Discrimination on political grounds. With regard to the previous comments of the Trade Union Unification Confederation (CUS) concerning the dismissal of 21,000 public sector workers because they were not members or did not share the ideology of the party of the present Government, and that 128 trade unions had ceased to exist, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that the confederation has not supplied the requested information to be able to conduct the investigation into the claims referred to above. The Committee requests the Government once again to collect the necessary information, in cooperation with the CUS, to conduct an investigation into this matter and, should the allegations be substantiated, to take steps to address the situation of discrimination. The Committee requests the Government to report on any new developments in this regard.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.