Case No 2361 (Guatemala) - Complaint date: 12-MAY-04
The Union of Workers of the City of Chinautla (SITRAMUNICH), the Trade Union Federation of Public
Employees (FENASTEG), the Union of Workers of the Directorate General for Migration (STDGM) and the Union of Workers of the National Civil Service Office (SONSEC)
Allegations
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| The mayor of Chinautla refused to negotiate a collective agreement and dismissed 14 union members and two union leaders; the Government is promoting a new civil service law containing provisions contrary to ratified ILO Conventions on freedom of association; departments in the Ministry of Education are being reorganized with the possible elimination of posts with the aim of destroying the union that operates there; the Directorate General for Migration refused to negotiate the collective agreement and to reinstate union leader Mr. Pablo Cush with payment of lost wages and is taking measures to dismiss union leader Mr. Jaime Reyes Gonda without court authorization; the Directorate General for Migration refused to set up the mixed (joint) committee as set out in the collective agreement; 16 members of the Union of Workers of the “José de Pineda Ibarra” National Centre for Textbooks and Educational Material were dismissed as a result of a reorganization ordered by the Ministry of Education and action is being taken to dismiss all members of the union’s executive committee |
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