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

Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154) - United Republic of Tanzania (Ratification: 1998)

With regard to its previous request for information concerning the existence and functioning of joint staff councils for the negotiation of working conditions of junior civil servants, the Committee notes the Government’s statement that the Public Service (Negotiating Machinery) Act, 2003, provides for establishment of the civil service joint staff council and the public service joint staff council as forums for the participation of the public servants in negotiating on matters relating to the terms and conditions of service. It further notes that, in 2008, councils negotiated a minimum wage for public servants of 100,000 Tanzanian shillings (TZS) which was endorsed by the minister responsible for public service. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the activities of the councils, including the number of agreements concluded therein and the subjects they cover. It further requests the Government to indicate whether the civil service and public service joint staff councils provide for negotiations at the institutional level.