Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2006, publiée 96ème session CIT (2007)

Convention (n° 141) sur les organisations de travailleurs ruraux, 1975 - El Salvador (Ratification: 1995)

The Committee notes the Government’s report.

Article 3 of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to indicate the number of rural workers’ organizations existing and the number of rural workers who are members of both rural organizations and other trade union organizations. In this respect, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that the National Department of Social Organizations of the General Directorate of Labour has registered five rural workers’ organizations (the Union of Self-Employed Indigenous Rural Workers of El Salvador (INCAS), the Union of Self-Employed Stock-Raising Workers of El Salvador (SITRIAS), the Union of Self-Employed Agricultural Workers of the Canton of Achiotales (SITIACA), the Union of Agricultural Self-Employed Workers of El Salvador (SITRAES) and the Union of Self-Employed Workers of the Communal National Coordinator of Indigenous Persons in El Salvador (CCNIS)), and that the above organizations have a total of 219 worker members.

Article 4. The Committee also requested the Government to provide information on the measures adopted to facilitate the establishment and growth, on a voluntary basis, of strong and independent organizations of rural workers. In this respect, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that: the National Department of Social Organizations of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance provides advice to workers on the procedures for the registration of trade unions and collective agreements, which have been simplified; a guide will be published containing the requirements and procedures for the establishment of trade unions; and the labour legislation of El Salvador will be disseminated through brochures. Finally, the Government indicates that in the context of the report entitled “The Labour Dimension in Central America and the Dominican Republic”, the importance is acknowledged of strengthening and protecting collective labour rights, particularly in relation to anti-trade union discrimination, and of facilitating the establishment of trade unions. The Committee requests the Government to continue taking the necessary measures to facilitate the establishment and growth, on a voluntary basis, of strong and independent organizations of rural workers.