Definitive Report - Report No 153, March 1976

Case No 666 (Portugal) - Complaint date: 10-MAY-71 - Closed

1. 19. The Committee last considered this matter in February 1975, on which occasion it submitted an interim report to the Governing Body (paragraphs 56 to 64 of its 149th Report, which was approved by the Governing Body at its 195th Session in March 1975).
2. 20. Portugal has not ratified the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87); it has ratified the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98).

A. A. The complainants' allegations

1. 21. The allegations still outstanding relate to the arrest of several trade union leaders (Daniel Cabrita, Manuel Candeias, Alfonso Rodrigues, José Marcelino, Augusto Rosa and Maria-Júlia dos Santos) before the change of regime which occurred on 25 April 1974.

B. B. The Committee's conclusions

1. 22. In its 149th report, the Committee observed that the new Portuguese Government had still not supplied information about the fate of these persons and had recommended the Governing Body to ask the Government for details of the present position.

The Committee's recommendations

1. 23. In a communication dated 26 May 1975, the Government says that all these trade union leaders are now at liberty. In these circumstances the Committee recommends the Governing Body to decide that the case calls for no further examination.