Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 338, November 2005

Case No 2256 (Argentina) - Complaint date: 31-MAR-03 - Closed

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

1. 16. The Committee last examined this case at its November 2004 meeting [see 335th Report, paras. 20-22]. On that occasion, on examining allegations regarding the failure of the Directorate General of Schools (DGE) of the Province of Mendoza since 1999 to appoint its representatives to continue to negotiate a collective agreement for the sector with the United Union of Education Workers of Mendoza (SUTE), the Committee expressed the hope that a collective agreement would soon be concluded for the sector. Moreover, the Committee requested the Government to keep it informed of the final decision handed down by the judicial authority with respect to the participation by a new trade union organization, the Union of Argentine Teachers (UDA), in the renegotiation of Joint Accord No. 1 of 1999 concluded between the SUTE and the DGE.
2. 17. In a communication dated 18 April 2005, the Government stated that on 22 December 2004, the DGE and SUTE concluded a collective agreement on the wage structure for teachers and union contributions. This agreement was endorsed by the Executive Authority in Decree No. 955/04. The Government also stated that there was still no decision with regard to the action for the protection of constitutional rights presented by the UDA to the First District Third Civil Court of the Province of Mendoza.
3. 18. The Committee notes with interest the agreement concluded between the DGE and the trade union organization SUTE. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of the final decision on the action for the protection of constitutional rights presented by the UDA.