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Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Greece (RATIFICATION: 1962)

Article 4 of the Convention (intervention of the authorities in freedom of collective bargaining in the public sector). With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes with satisfaction the information provided by the Government in its report to the effect that Act No. 2123 of 14 April 1993 suspending the implementation of the national general collective agreement for workers in the public sector in the broad sense of the term, and workers in public utility enterprises and local administrative organizations, applied only to 1993. Since then, on 21 March 1994, a national general collective agreement has been concluded, in agreement with the social partners, for the period covering 1994 and 1995. Workers employed by the State, by public enterprises and under private employment contracts by local organizations are specifically covered by the provisions of the general collective convention.