Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Guinea (Ratification: 1959)

With reference to its previous comments concerning section 342 of the Labour Code respecting the right to strike in essential services, the Committee notes that the Government states once again in its report that the draft regulations respecting strikes affecting these services will be examined in the very near future and that it will take into account the concerns expressed by the Committee. The Committee hopes that the concept of essential services in which strikes can be limited, or even prohibited, will be confined to services the interruption of which would be likely to endanger the life, personal safety or health of the whole or part of the population. The Committee requests the Government to provide it with a copy of the text which is being prepared so that it can examine its scope.

The Committee also takes due note of the Government's observations in reply to the communication from the General Union of Guinean Workers (UGTG), dated 8 October 1992. The Government affirms that the Convention is widely known to Guinean workers and the leaders of the new central trade union organizations. It adds that Guinean workers can join organizations of their own choosing and that there are now several trade union organizations, including the National Organization of Free Trade Unions of Guinea, the General Union of Guinean Workers and the Trade Union Association of Guinean Workers. This pluralism is a result of the public will, as reflected in the provisions of the 1988 Labour Code.