Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 363, March 2012

Case No 2701 (Algeria) - Complaint date: 24-FEB-09 - Closed

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

1. 14. The Committee last examined this case at its June 2010 meeting, when it urged the Government to register the National Union of Vocational Training Workers (SNTFP) without delay and noted that the time that had passed since the initial application to register (August 2002) might have prevented the union from organizing its activities in an appropriate way. Moreover, it stated that it expected that the Government would ensure the strict application of national law and of the principles concerning the right to form trade unions, and ensure that the actions of the administration, in particular as they entailed violation of Convention No. 87, would not recur in the future [see 357th Report, para. 142].
2. 15. In a communication dated 14 March 2011, the complainant organization indicates that, pursuant to the Committee’s recommendations, it submitted a request for a hearing to the Ministry of Labour on 25 July 2010; although a delegation from the complainant organization visited the Ministry on four occasions (on 15, 17, 22 and 24 August 2010) to request a certificate of registration, it was not even received by the Ministry. In its communications dated 11 September 2011 and 2 February 2012 the SNTFP indicates that the Government has failed to implement the Committee’s recommendations.
3. 16. In its communications dated 21 February and 25 May 2011, the Government indicates that the Committee’s recommendations are under consideration and that it will inform the Committee without fail of any developments in the case.
4. 17. The Committee notes with deep regret that the Government has not yet complied with the recommendations which it made more than a year ago and has thus not yet registered the SNTFP. The Committee strongly reiterates its recommendations and expects the Government to take all the necessary measures to register the SNTFP without delay.