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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Barbados (Ratification: 1967)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report, and the conclusions of the Committee on Freedom of Association in Case No. 1505 (275th Report of the Committee, approved by the Governing Body at its November 1990 Session).

Articles 4 and 6. The Committee recalls, as did the Committee on Freedom of Association in Case No. 1505, that the requirements of Cabinet approval for negotiated agreements and of conformity with the policy and guide-lines unilaterally set for the public sector are not in full conformity with the principles on freedom of association, as far as public servants not engaged in the administration of the State are concerned. Therefore, the Committee requests the Government to take measures to encourage and promote free negotiations between employers and workers, with a view to regulating terms and conditions of employment by means of freely concluded collective agreements.

The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report the measures taken to bring its legislation into conformity with the requirements of the Convention.