Compilation of decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association

Collective bargaining15

Workers covered by collective bargaining

Customs staff

1. The Committee emphasized the importance it attaches to the promotion of dialogue and consultations on matters of mutual interest between the public authorities and the most representative occupational organizations of the customs sector.

1. While the decision to install a new port security system may to the extent that it forms part of a broader Government policy on port security reasonably be regarded as lying outside the scope of collective bargaining, the presence of such a system may have an impact upon the customs staffs conditions of employment, which should be the subject of consultation and negotiation between the parties.