Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Mali (Ratification: 1960)

Article 3 of the Convention. Right of workers, without distinction whatsoever, to establish and join organizations of their own choosing. Right of workers’ organizations to organize their activities in full freedom. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to report on any new draft revising Decree No. 90-562 P-RM of 22 December 1990 establishing a list of services, positions and categories of workers strictly indispensable for the maintenance of a minimum service in the event of a strike in public services, regional authorities and agencies responsible for the running of a public service; to ensure that the representative organizations of workers concerned are consulted in this regard; and to provide any proposed or agreed-upon list of such services, positions and categories. The Committee noted that a draft Decree on minimum service in the event of a strike in the private sector was under consideration, in accordance with section L. 231 of Act No. 2017-021 of 12 June 2017 amending the Labour Code. The Committee notes with regret that the Government does not mention any progress in this regard and simply states that the revision of the Decree of 1990 is provided for under the Social Stability and Growth Pact, concluded in August 2023 between the Government and the social partners for the period 2023–27, which seeks to ensure respect for freedom of association review the right to organize in the Labour Code and the conditions of service of public employees; and to adopt and/or revise the regulations on the right to strike, minimum service and essential services in the private and public sectors. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any developments in this regard, including any proposed or agreed-upon list of services, positions and categories of workers strictly indispensable for the maintenance of a minimum service in the event of a strike in public services or in enterprises providing public utility services.