Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Angola (Ratification: 1976)

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Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Adequate protection against acts of anti-union discrimination and interference. In its previous comments, the Committee had requested the Government to ensure that the necessary legislative and regulatory measures were adopted to guarantee the application of sufficiently dissuasive penalties against acts of anti-union discrimination. It had also noted that the General Labour Act of 2015 did not contain provisions specifically prohibiting acts of anti-union interference. In this respect, the Committee notes the Government’s general information regarding on-going discussions to review the Collective Bargaining Act No. 20-A/92, the Trade Unions Act No. 21-D/92, and the Strikes Act No. 23/92. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that, in the context of the on-going process of legislative revision, specific provisions are adopted to: (i) guarantee the application of sufficiently dissuasive penalties against acts of anti-union discrimination; and (ii)explicitly prohibit all acts of interference prohibited by Article 2, providing for sufficiently dissuasive penalties in this respect. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in this regard.

Article 4. Measures to promote collective bargaining. In its previous comments, the Committee noted the low number of collective agreements in force and requested the Government to provide information on the measures to promote collective bargaining at the enterprise level or at a higher level and to indicate the number of collective agreements in force, including the number of workers covered by these collective agreements. Regretting the absence of information on this point, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide the requested information.