Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - North Macedonia (Ratification: 1991)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's first report has still not been received.

Noting the provisions of the Constitution of 1991 which guarantee citizens freedom of association (article 20) and the right to establish trade unions (article 37), the Committee points out that, in its 1994 General Survey on freedom of association and collective bargaining (paragraph 63), it stated that restrictions making citizenship a precondition for membership of a trade union may prevent migrant workers or foreign workers from playing an active role in the defence of their interests. The Committee therefore requests the Government to indicate in its next report the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that all workers legally residing in its territory, whether citizens of the country or foreigners, benefit from the trade union rights provided by the Convention, including the right to strike, without any distinction based on nationality. The Committee also requests the Government to provide with its report the texts currently in force of the Labour Code and Penal Code, and the text governing freedom of association, the right to organize, the settlement of collective disputes and the right to strike.