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Responsibility for declaring a strike illegal

  1. Responsibility for declaring a strike illegal should not lie with the government, but with an independent body which has the confidence of the parties involved.
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2355Colombia343470
2355Colombia348309
2356Colombia342360
2356Colombia348368
2489Colombia346464
2489Colombia349686
2513Argentina349329
2587Peru3541060
2613Nicaragua3511091
2614Argentina353401
2619Comoros353575
2650Bolivia (Plurinational State of)353420
2664Peru3551088
2664Peru357811
2664Peru360954
2697Peru357984
2723Fiji362842
2723Fiji365778
2735Indonesia358605
2794Kiribati3621137
2837Argentina363310
2866Peru364873
2867Bolivia (Plurinational State of)363357
2867Bolivia (Plurinational State of)36817
2928Ecuador371313
2994Tunisia370735
3029Bolivia (Plurinational State of)374109
3032Honduras374416
3033Peru371763
Digest: 2006628
  1. The Committee requested the Government to take the necessary measures, including proposals on legislative measures where necessary, to ensure that the responsibility for declaring a strike legal or illegal did not lie with the Government but with an independent and impartial body.
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3029Bolivia (Plurinational State of)374109
  1. The responsibility for declaring a strike illegal should not lie with the Government, but with an independent and impartial body.
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3032Honduras378392
  1. To declare a strike or work stoppage illegal, the judicial authority is best placed to act as an independent authority.
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2355Colombia343471
2355Colombia348309
2356Colombia348368
  1. Final decisions concerning the illegality of strikes should not be made by the government, especially in those cases in which the government is a party to the dispute.
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2355Colombia343471
2355Colombia348309
2794Kiribati3621137
2860Sri Lanka3671182
Digest: 2006629
  1. It is contrary to freedom of association that the right to declare a strike in the public service illegal should lie with the heads of public institutions, which are thus judges and parties to a dispute.
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2735Indonesia358605
2860Sri Lanka3671182
Digest: 2006630
  1. With reference to an official circular concerning the illegality of any strike in the public sector, the Committee has considered that such matters are not within the competence of the administrative authority.
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Digest: 2006631
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