Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 360, June 2011

Case No 2603 (Argentina) - Complaint date: 22-MAR-07 - Follow-up

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 24. The Committee last examined this case at its November 2010 meeting, and on that occasion requested the Government to take the necessary steps without delay to initiate an inquiry into the alleged transfer from their workplace of three leaders of the Association of Workers of the Provincial and Municipal Public Administration of Salta (ATAP) who were permanent staff members of the General Tax Directorate of the province of Salta: namely, Sergio Martín Zamboni, finance secretary; Fátima Elisabeth Gramajo, third substitute member; and Walter Rodolfo Alderete, second regular member of the electoral board; and, should it be found that the three were transferred on anti-union grounds, to take steps to ensure their reinstatement in their former posts. The Committee requested the Government to keep it informed in that regard. The Committee further noted that the ATAP alleged that there had been obstacles and delays in the handling of a penal complaint against the authorities of the province’s Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare concerning the checkoff code for the deduction of trade union dues, and requested the Government to send its observations on the matter [see 358th Report, paras 22–24].
2. 25. In a communication of March 2011, the Government states that the General Tax Directorate of the province informed it that Sergio Martín Zamboni is employed in the financial administration service of the treasury unit; Fátima Elisabeth Gramajo was appointed in 2008 by Decree No. 1076/08 as coordinator of the Undersecretariat for Native Peoples under the Ministry of Human Development; this appointment was revoked by Decree No. 677/10 and she returned to the General Tax Directorate; and Walter Rodolfo Alderete is employed in the financial administration service pursuant to Decree No. 660/08 and is currently working in the tax audit subprogramme under Rotation Memorandum No. 83/2009. The Government points out that this information does not indicate that the persons concerned were transferred on anti-union grounds, but shows that since they entered the service they have been employed in the same public administration – the General Tax Directorate – which is still the case. The Government adds that, notwithstanding this information, further information will be requested from the provincial administration concerning the complaint presented.
3. 26. The Committee takes note of this information and looks forward to receiving the additional information which the Government indicates that it intends to obtain concerning the alleged anti-union transfers of three ATAP leaders. The Committee also requests the Government to send without delay its observations concerning the ATAP’s allegations relating to obstacles and delays in the handling of a penal complaint against the authorities of the province’s Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare concerning the checkoff code for the deduction of trade union dues.