Case No 2498 (Colombia) - Complaint date: 14-JUN-06

National Union of Workers in Non-Governmental and Social Organizations (SINTRAONG’S) — the Single Confederation of Workers of Colombia (CUT) — the Confederation of Workers of Colombia (CTC) — the General Confederation of Workers (CGT) — the Union of Workers at Santo Tomás University (SINTRAUSTA) — the Union of Employees in the University of Medellín and — the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

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The National Union of Workers in Non-Governmental and Social Organizations (SINTRAONG’S), jointly with the CUT, the CGT, the CTC and the ITUC allege that the labour inspectorate of the Territorial Directorate of Antioquia refused to enter SINTRAONG’S into the union register because it is made up of workers who do not have a labour relationship established exclusively through a contract of work; the Union of Workers at Santo Tomás University (SINTRAUSTA) and the CUT allege that the university refuses to negotiate collectively with the trade union and has requested the judicial authority to dissolve and liquidate the union and to cancel its registration because its members do not have a labour relationship with the university; the Union of Employees in the University of Medellín alleges that the university authorities have, since 2000, committed numerous acts of anti-union discrimination and interference, such as insisting on a list of candidates for the union’s steering committee, dismissing workers for their union activities, prohibiting union membership and not complying with the collective agreement signed in 2004

Case No 2498 (Colombia) - Complaint date: 14-JUN-06

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