Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151) - Chile (Ratification: 2000)

The Committee notes the observations made by the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), in a communication received on 2 April 2014, and the observations made by the Coordination of Allied and Affiliated Organizations of the World Federation of Trade Unions, in a communication received on 10 December 2013, relating to the application of the Convention. The Committee will examine these comments as part of its examination of the application of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98).

Articles 4 and 6 of the Convention. Right to collective bargaining. In the reports submitted in 2009 and 2014, the Government emphasizes that, under the coalition governments (from 1990 to the present), an annual practice has been established in which the Government negotiates a general adjustment of pay with the representatives of the various associations of public officials, which are coordinated by the Single Central Organization (CUT). The Government also emphasizes that on various occasions, it has negotiated sectoral wage improvements with the relevant associations of public officials. In this regard, the Committee notes the agreement concluded in August 2013 between the Government and the National Association of Fiscal Employees (ANEF), which focuses on creating career incentives for public officials and facilitating the departure of public officials close to retirement age. Moreover, several similar agreements were concluded with other public sector unions, such as the National Confederation of Municipal Health Officials (CONFUSAM) and the Chilean Association of Customs Officials (ANFACH). The Committee notes that, in terms of negotiations with the Public Sector Board in 2011, 2012 and 2013, the CUT and the presidents of the different categories of employees in the public sector concluded a protocol agreement with the Government. The Committee is grateful for this information and invites the Government to continue providing information on the agreements concluded through collective bargaining in the public sector.