Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154) - Argentina (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes the observations of the Argentine Federation of the Judiciary (FJA), received on 31 August 2015, the Confederation of Workers of Argentina (CTA Autonomous), received on 1 September 2015, and the General Confederation of Labour of the Argentine Republic (CGT RA), received on 2 September 2015, all of which once again denounce the denial of the right to collective bargaining of workers in the national judiciary and the provinces.

The Committee notes that the Government, in reply to its previous comments in this respect, confines itself to forwarding a communication from the National Supreme Court of Justice, in which the justices of the Court indicate that they have been informed of a recent complaint before the Committee on Freedom of Association (Case No. 3078) and have decided not to intervene in it.

The Committee once again observes that this issue was already addressed in 2012 by the Committee on Freedom of Association (see 364th Report, Case No. 2881, paragraph 231), in which it recommended the Government, “pursuant to Article 5 of Convention No. 154, to take measures adapted to national conditions, including legislative measures if necessary, to promote collective bargaining between judiciary authorities and the trade union organizations concerned”. The Committee notes with concern the lack of tangible progress to guarantee the collective bargaining rights of workers in the national judiciary and in several provinces of the country. The Committee urges the Government to take the necessary measures in this regard, and requests it to provide information on any developments on the subject.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2016.]