Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Gabon (Ratification: 1961)

The Committee notes the observations of 26 August 2009 by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), reporting anti-union discrimination measures against members of the Gabonese Confederation of Trade Unions (CGSL), and requests the Government to send its comments on the ITUC’s observations.

Article 4 of the Convention. Promotion of collective bargaining. The Committee observes that the Government has not sent the information previously requested on the sectors of activities and the number of workers covered by collective agreements in force. It notes that, according to the Government, these agreements have been in force since 1984 and that the Government stands ready to accompany the social partners in new collective negotiations. It recalls that the information requested on the application of the Convention in practice allows an appreciation of the manner in which voluntary negotiation of collective agreements is promoted and developed in Gabon, as required by Article 4 of the Convention. Accordingly, the Committee again asks the Government to supply information on the collective agreements that have been signed and are in force, indicating in particular the sectors of activity covered and the number of workers concerned, and on any other measures taken to encourage and promote among the social partners the voluntary negotiation of collective agreements. The Government is also asked to indicate any new collective agreements undertaken with a view to renewing those in force since 1984.