Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 1999, publiée 88ème session CIT (2000)

Convention (n° 87) sur la liberté syndicale et la protection du droit syndical, 1948 - Lettonie (Ratification: 1992)

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption on 29 April 1999 of the Act on Employers' Organizations and Associations which reduces to five the number of people required to constitute an employers' organization (section 2), enshrines the principle of their independence (section 5) and their right to affiliate with international organizations of employers (section 6).

The Committee is also raising a number of points in a request addressed directly to the Government.