Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 308, November 1997

Case No 1594 (Côte d'Ivoire) - Complaint date: 22-FEB-91 - Closed

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 32. At its June 1997 meeting (see 307th Report, paras. 23-25), the Committee had requested the Government to indicate if the workers dismissed at Irho-Lame in 1993 had appealed to the courts in order to have their rights restored. The Committee had also requested the Government to ensure that the social elections at the Autonomous Port of Abidjan, requested since 1993 by the dockers' members of a trade union affiliated to the Trade Union Federation Dignité, be held immediately and to keep it informed of the outcome thereof.
2. 33. In a communication dated 15 October 1997, the Government indicates that the Trade Union Federation Dignité, during a meeting which took place on 22 May 1997 at the office of the Minister of Employment, Civil Service and Social Planning, confirmed that the workers dismissed at Irho-Lame had not yet appealed to the courts in order to have their rights restored. The Government also points out that at the Autonomous Port of Abidjan, all recognized trade unions have assessed that it would be more feasible to prepare a collective agreement for the dockers before considering social elections. A draft agreement is being discussed between the trade unions affiliated to the Trade Union Federation Dignité and those affiliated to the General Union of Workers of Côte d'Ivoire.
3. 34. The Committee takes note of this information with interest and requests the Government to continue to keep it informed concerning the pending questions related to the adoption of a collective agreement for the dockers as well as the result of the social elections in the Autonomous Port of Abidjan.