Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1982)

The Committee notes that the Government has not replied to its direct requests of 1997 and 1998 which referred to the exclusion from the scope of application of the Organic Labour Act, and thus from the right to organize, of firefighters.

In this respect, the Committee requests the Government to take measures to guarantee, both in law and in practice, that firefighters enjoy the right to organize and bargain collectively, in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention, it being understood that the right to strike can be prohibited for these workers on the grounds that they provide an essential service in the strict sense of the term. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on all measures adopted in this connection.