Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154) - United Republic of Tanzania (Ratification: 1998)

The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the Service Social Staff Council and the Public Service Joint Staff do not provide a forum for the negotiations but are consultative bodies. The Government states that a total of 352 workers’ councils have been established in the public service; these councils have responsibility in economic matters and decision-making processes. The Committee also notes the Government’s indication that in 2011 it established the Public Service Remuneration Board, mandated to advise the Government on remunerations. The Committee understands that the mechanisms mentioned have advisory functions and recalls that the Convention enshrines the principle of collective bargaining in both the public and private sectors, although it allows for special modalities in the public administration. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures for the legal recognition of the right to collective bargaining in the public administration.