Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 342, June 2006

Case No 2344 (Argentina) - Complaint date: 13-MAY-04 - Closed

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

1. 18. The Committee last examined this case relating to alleged acts of anti-union harassment of the complainant organization’s assistant secretary at its meeting in November 2005 [see 338th Report, paras. 22-25], when it made the following recommendation:
   • The Committee recalls that no person should be discriminated against in his or her employment as a result of his or her legitimate trade union activities or membership, whether present or past. The Committee notes this information and, in particular, that the judicial authority of the second instance upheld the decision that rejected the request for the lifting of trade union privileges and authorization for dismissal filed by the National Institute of Social Services for Persons Receiving Retirement Benefits and Pensions against the trade union official Praino Raúl. In this respect, the Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of. the outcome of the extraordinary appeal filed in relation to the judicial decision of the Court of Second Instance.
2. 19. In a communication dated 14 November 2005, the Government refers to events connected with this case that have already been examined by the Committee. In a communication dated 12 February 2006, the Government states that the State’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Justice, which sought the annulment of the decision of the Appeals Court that upheld the ruling of the Court of First Instance rejecting the request for the lifting of trade union privileges filed by the National Institute of Social Services, has not yet been ruled upon. The Government also undertakes to inform the Committee of any new developments in this matter.
3. 20. The Committee notes this information and requests the Government to keep it informed of the outcome of the extraordinary appeal now before the Supreme Court of Justice concerning the lifting of trade union privileges and authorization for dismissal of the trade union official, Praino Raúl.