Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Ethiopia (Ratification: 1963)

The Committee notes the Government’s report.

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee had recalled that Article 2 requires that protection be granted to organizationsof employers and workers against acts of interference, and in particular, acts which are designed to promote the establishment of workers’ organizations under the domination of employers’ organizations, or to support workers’ organizations by financial or other means, with the object of placing such organizations under the control of employers or their organizations. In its latest report, the Government indicates that workers’ and employers’ organizations do not interfere with each other. While taking note of this information, the Committee must once again point out that the legislation contains no specific provisions, coupled with sufficiently effective and dissuasive sanctions, providing for protection against acts of interference. It therefore once again requests the Government to indicate the measures envisaged or taken to give effect to this provision of the Convention.

Articles 4 and 6. The Committee had previously noted that the Constitution of 8 December 1994 granted civil servants the right to organize and to conclude agreements with their employers (article 42). The Government had indicated that legislation granting public servants the right to organize and voluntarily negotiate employment conditions was still under consideration, and that the Federal Civil Service Commission was planning to adopt this legislation in the near future. The Committee notes that according to the Government, there is no further development on this issue. The Committee once again requests the Government to ensure that the above-noted draft legislation grants to all public servants, with the sole possible exception of those engaged in the administration of the State, the right to negotiate voluntarily their terms and conditions of employment. It further requests the Government to keep it informed of any progress made towards the adoption of this legislation.