Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Belarus (Ratification: 1956)

Article 3 of the Convention. The Committee recalls that it had previously requested the Government to indicate the measures taken to amend sections 388, 390, 392 and 399 of the Labour Code regarding the exercise of the right to strike. The Committee regrets that no information has been provided by the Government on the concrete measures taken to amend the abovementioned provisions affecting the right of workers’ organizations to organize their activities in full freedom. It therefore encourages the Government to revise these provisions, in consultation with the social partners, and to provide information on all measures taken or envisaged to that end.

The Committee further recalls that it had requested the Government to clarify the distinction between those employees of the National Bank who enjoy the right to strike and those employees who do not. The Committee takes due note of the detailed explanation provided by the Government to the effect that only civil servants exercising authority in the name of the State are prohibited from exercising the right to strike; other employees are not considered to be civil servants pursuant to the legislation in force and thus, may exercise this right.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2015.]