Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2020, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Pakistan (Ratification: 1952)

The Committee takes note of the observations of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) received on 2 July 2020 denouncing anti-union measures by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), including in May 2020 the unilateral de-recognition of the Pakistan Airline Pilots’ Association (PALPA) and other employees’ associations in the company, as well as the termination of all working agreements with immediate effect. According to the ITF, the airline company argued their non-legal status as collective bargaining agents under the Industrial Relations Act, and the situation is characterized by the repression against the expression of any worker concerns. The Committee requests the Government to provide its comments on these serious allegations.

The Committee also requests the Government to reply in full to other pending comments under the Convention adopted in 2018.

[The Government is asked to reply in full to the present comments in 2021.]