Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Togo (Ratification: 1960)

1. With reference to Act No. 89-14 of 18 September 1989 to issue the regulations governing the export processing free zone, the Committee requests the Government to indicate whether the provisions of the Labour Code of 1974 apply to industrial relations between employers and workers employed in free zones.

2. The Committee notes that, under the terms of Ordinance No. 88-6 of 27 October 1988, Act No. 61-27, of 16 August 1961, authorising the Government to expel, intern or banish persons who are dangerous for the public order and the security of the State, was brought back into force for a period of three years, and it requests the Government to indicate whether this measure fell into abeyance upon the completion of this period.

It would be grateful if the Government would supply a copy of Act No. 61-27 of 16 August 1961.

3. The Committee also notes that, by virtue of section 6 of the Labour Code, the members responsible for the administration or management of an occupational trade union must be of Togolese nationality.

The Committee draws the Government's attention to the fact that foreign workers should be able to hold trade union office, at least after a reasonable period of residence (paragraph 160 of the 1983 General Survey on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining).

The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report the measures that have been taken or are contemplated in this respect.