Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Syrian Arab Republic (Ratification: 1957)

The Committee notes that, for the second consecutive year, the Government indicates in its report that no collective agreement has been concluded in the last three years since none of the social partners has expressed the need for it. The Committee wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the terms of Article 4 of the Convention, which states that measures appropriate to national conditions shall be taken, where necessary, to encourage and promote the full development and utilization of machinery for voluntary negotiation between employers or employers’ organizations and workers’ organizations, with a view to the regulation of terms and conditions of employment by means of collective agreements. The Committee urges the Government to indicate in its next report the measures to promote collective bargaining adopted by the national authorities in both the public and private sectors. The Committee reminds the Government of the possibility of requesting technical assistance from the Office in this respect.