Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Ukraine (Ratification: 1956)

The Committee notes the comments of the Government in relation to the observations received from the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (CFTUU) in September 2004. The Committee recalls that the CFTUU alleged that, while a range of legislative acts ensuring the application of the Convention exist in Ukraine, these regulations were not brought into effect in practice and sanctions for the violations of trade union rights enshrined under the Convention were not applied. The Committee notes that, according to the Government, State monitoring has now improved considerably. In total, 19,594 employers have been found guilty of administrative offences for violation of the labour legislation in 2004.

The Committee further notes the comments submitted by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) in its communication of 31 August 2005 concerning the application of the Convention in law and in practice and relating to the matters raised in Cases Nos. 2038 and 2388, examined by the Committee on Freedom of Association. The Committee requests the Government to provide its observations thereon in its next report.

The Committee will examine other matters raised in its previous direct request (see direct request 2004, 75th session) in respect of the application of the Convention during the regular reporting cycle of 2006.