Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Burkina Faso (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and the replies to the observations made by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), now the International Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC), in 2006.

The Committee notes with interest the information that a Directorate of Labour Relations and the Promotion of Social Dialogue has been established within the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to promote collective bargaining. It also notes that, according to the Government, this Directorate initiated dialogue between employers and workers on wages in July 2007. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed in this respect and to provide copies of the collective agreements in force, with an indication of the approximate number of workers covered by them (including in the bakery, road transport and media sectors, in relation to which the Committee requested information in its previous observation).

Article 4 of the Convention. Collective bargaining in the public sector. The Committee takes note of Decree No. 98-375/PRES/PN/MFPDI/MFF of 15 September 1998 on the composition, functioning and competence of the advisory bodies of the public service, including the Public Service Advisory Council in relation to concertation (section 51 of Act No. 013/98/AN of 13 April 1998 respecting the public service). The Committee requests the Government to specify the categories of public servants not exercising authority in the name of the State who enjoy the right to collective bargaining.