Case No 2368 (El Salvador) - Complaint date: 22-JUN-04

The Trade Union of Electricity Workers (STSEL)

Allegations

The complainant organization alleges anti-union practices against its two branches at the Río Lempa Hydroelectricity Board (CEL) and the El Salvador Electricity Transmission Company (ETESAL). These practices comprise the following: dismissal of a large number of trade union officials and members, threats of dismissal against members who refused to resign from the union, violation of the collective agreement and support from the employer for a parallel union to the detriment of the abovementioned branches at CEL and ETESAL. The complainant organization adds that as a result of these anti-union practices its CEL branch no longer exists. It also claims that the Ministry of Labour maintained a complicit silence towards the complaints made on the situation at both enterprises

Case No 2368 (El Salvador) - Complaint date: 22-JUN-04

The Trade Union of Electricity Workers (STSEL)

Allegations

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