Case No 2218 (Chile) - Complaint date: 30-JUL-02

The National Confederation of Health Care Workers (CONFENATS)

Allegations

Allegations: Conclusion of agreements on public health service reform between government authorities and only two members of the CONFENATS national executive (comprised of 15 members) who did not hold a mandate to do so, and acceptance by these two persons of a government proposal to close negotiations on adjustments to remuneration and other terms of employment despite the fact that such acceptance should have been submitted to consultation through a national (trade union) referendum; intervention by the authorities in the internal organization of CONFENATS by holding meetings and assemblies of CONFENATS affiliates in order to pressure members and put forward the views of the authorities in negotiations; use of police violence against trade union officers and members (detention, beating, assault on a trade union officer, hindering the exercise of the right to assemble and to demonstrate; judicial proceedings and imposition of a penalty against the President of CONFENATS for allegedly creating a public disturbance)

Case No 2218 (Chile) - Complaint date: 30-JUL-02

The National Confederation of Health Care Workers (CONFENATS)

Allegations

Examination Actions