Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Sao Tome and Principe (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes with satisfaction that section 15 of Act No. 5/92 on trade unions, promulgated on 10 March 1992 -- the year in which the Convention was ratified -- repeals all legislation on workers' and employers' organizations, including Act No. 1/91 which established the monopoly of one confederation mentioned in the Act and that the new Act ensures the possibility of trade union pluralism.

The Committee raises other points in a direct request.