Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 343, November 2006

Case No 2237 (Colombia) - Complaint date: 20-NOV-02 - Closed

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

1. 56. The Committee last examined this case at its March 2006 meeting [see 340th Report, para. 69-71]. On that occasion, the Committee requested the Government to keep it informed of developments in regard to: (a) any steps taken with regard to the disparity in wages paid to different workers employed in the same departments at the Hilazas Vanylon Enterprise S.A.; (b) any legislative measures adopted with regard to the allegation concerning the conclusion of service contracts with workers’ cooperatives in the enterprises mentioned by the complainant (Fabricato Tejicóndor, Coltejer and Textiles Rionegro, Riotex, Leonisa, Everfit Indulana), thereby obstructing freedom of association, the right to present lists of demands and the right to strike; and (c) with regard to the allegation that in the enterprise Riotex, part of the Fabricato group, unionized members have not benefited from the 7.49 per cent increase since 16 July 2003.
2. 57. In its communication of 7 July 2006, the Government states, in regard to the latter allegation concerning the Riotex S.A. enterprise, that the 7.49 per cent pay rise was granted to all the workers without distinction. The Committee notes this information. However, it observes that the Government has not attached either the certificate of the auditor of the enterprise confirming the information provided which, according to the Government was sent to the Committee, or the copy of the communication signed by the Coordinator of the Prevention, Inspection, Monitoring and Control Group of the Antioquia Territorial Directorate certifying that no complaint has been filed by the workers against the enterprise in this regard, also mentioned by the Government. The Committee requests the Government to send this documentation.
3. 58. Moreover, the Committee regrets that the Government has not sent information on the matters that remained pending concerning any steps taken by the Government with regard to the disparity in wages paid to different workers employed in the same departments at the Hilazas Vanylon Enterprise S.A. and any legislative measures adopted with regard to the conclusion of service contracts with workers’ cooperatives in several enterprises, thereby obstructing freedom of association, the right to present lists of demands and the right to strike. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed in this respect.