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

Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154) - Niger (Ratification: 1985)

Promotion of collective bargaining in the public service. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that it had not been informed of specific legislative provisions guaranteeing the right to collective bargaining of public servants engaged in the administration of the State, who are subject to a specific legal status or regulations, and are therefore excluded from the application of section 252 of the Labour Code. It noted, nevertheless, the collective agreements mentioned by the Government concerning public servants that had been concluded between 2012 and 2014.

The Committee notes the Government’s indications, examined in the context of the application of the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), concerning the regulations governing public servants of local authorities (the question of their continued validity remains to be clarified) and those governing staff of water and forest services, which do not explicitly recognize the right to collective bargaining for these categories. The Committee also notes that the Government does not provide any other information on texts recognizing the right to bargain collectively of other public servants. The Committee once again requests the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that the legislation in force is in accordance with practice and guarantees the right to collective bargaining for all public servants covered by this Convention. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any progress made in this regard and to provide copies of any new agreement or collective agreement covering public servants.