Case No 2258 (Cuba) - Complaint date: 15-APR-03

The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), the Latin American Central of Workers (CLAT) supported by the World Confederation of Labour (WCL)

Allegations

The authorities recognize only one trade union central controlled by the State and the Communist Party and prohibit independent trade unions, which have to carry out their activities in a very hostile environment; non-existence of collective bargaining; the law does not authorize the right to strike; arrest and harassment of trade union members, who are threatened with criminal penalties, physical violence; unlawful house entry; trials and sentencing of trade union officials to long prison terms; confiscation of trade union property and infiltration of state agents into the independent trade union movement

Case No 2258 (Cuba) - Complaint date: 15-APR-03

The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), the Latin American Central of Workers (CLAT) supported by the World Confederation of Labour (WCL)

Allegations

Examination Actions