Definitive Report - Report No 236, November 1984

Case No 1153 (Uruguay) - Complaint date: 13-AUG-82 - Closed

1. 146. The committee examined this case at its meetings in May 1983 and February 1984 and on both occasions submitted an interim report to the Governing Body [see 226th Report of the Committee, paragraphs 154 to 180 and 233rd Report of the Committee, paragraphs 392 to 403, approved by the Governing Body at its 223rd and 225th Sessions, respectively (May-June 1983 and February 1984)]. The Government subsequently sent additional observations in a communication dated 25 May 1984.
2. 147. Uruguay has ratified both 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).

A. Previous examination of the case

1. 148. After the Committee's examination of this case at its February 1984 meeting, the outstanding allegation concerned the unjustified dismissal of 61 workers of the financial undertaking Centro-Banco, only two of whom had been reinstated. In view of the absence of observations by the Government concerning this allegation, the Committee requested it to send its comments on the matter (see 233rd Report, paragraph 402).

B. The Government's reply

1. 149. In its communication dated 25 May 1984, the Government stated, with respect to the dismissal of 61 workers of the financial undertaking Centro-Banco, that reinstatement of the trade union leaders had been secured through intervention by the National Directorate of Labour, while, for the remaining workers, a form of labour exchange had been established for their preferential re-employment as and when they were needed by the banking institution, the aim being to preserve by this means possibilities of future work for those unemployed because of the economic situation.

C. The Committee's conclusions

1. 150. The Committee notes with interest that, through intervention by the National Directorate of Labour, reinstatement of the trade union leaders of the financial undertaking Centro-Banco has been secured and that measures have been taken with a view to the future re-employment by that undertaking of the remaining dismissed workers. It expresses the hope that these workers will shortly be reinstated in the jobs at the Centro-Banco undertaking.

The Committee's recommendations

1. 151. In these circumstances, the Committee recommends the Governing Body to approve the present report and, in particular, the following conclusions.
   • The Committee notes with interest the reinstatement of the trade union leaders of the financial undertaking Centro-Banco and the fact that measures have been taken with a view to the future re-employment in that undertaking of the remaining dismissed workers. It hopes that they will shortly be re-employed in the undertaking.