Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Estonia (Ratification: 1994)

Article 3 of the Convention. Right of organizations to organize their activities. The Committee recalls that for a number of years, it has been requesting the Government to provide information on the progress achieved with regard to the adoption of a list of services where the right to strike will be restricted (through a minimum service), as referred to in section 21(3) and (4) of the Collective Labour Dispute Resolution Act. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that while there have been no new developments in this regard during the reporting period, the Basic Principles of the Government Coalition between the Estonian Centre Party, the Estonian Conservative People’s Party and the Isamaa Party for 2019–23 sets out to elaborate the principles for the organization of strikes and negotiations for the purpose of improving the regulation of employees’ and employers’ rights and obligations. The Committee therefore reiterates its request and expresses the hope that the Government’s next report will contain information on the progress achieved in this respect. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the application of section 21(3) and (4) of the Collective Labour Dispute Resolution Act in practice.