Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 306, March 1997

Case No 1723 (Argentina) - Complaint date: 19-MAY-93 - Closed

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 12. The Committee last examined this case at its meeting in March 1996 (see 302nd Report, para. 37). The case concerns the dismissals which occurred between 1 January 1959 and 12 December 1983 for political and trade union reasons of unionists employed in banking institutions, as well as the non-observance of Act No. 23523 which protects bank employees dismissed for political or trade union reasons. During its last examination, the Committee expressed the hope that the parties would be able to reach an agreement as quickly as possible.
2. 13. In its communication dated 8 October 1996, the Bank Association states that, following a tripartite meeting on 23 May 1995 where the representatives of the employers and of the unions put forward their positions, and after sanctions had been imposed on the banks which violated Act No. 23523, the Government has not convoked any new tripartite meetings nor has it undertaken any legal proceedings with the goal of requesting the full implementation of Act No. 23523 (the complainant organization adds a list of dismissed workers and the names of the banks which have not applied Act No. 23523).
3. 14. In a communication dated 5 February 1997, the Government states that it is going to transmit the list of dismissed workers sent by the complainant organization to the banks requesting them to provide information on the status of the re-examination of the persons mentioned with a view to a further evaluation of the situation, in line with the Committee's recommendations. The Committee takes note of this information. Recalling once again the importance it attaches to the effective implementation of Act No. 23523, the Committee requests the Government to continue to make all efforts to find a negotiated solution as quickly as possible.