Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Antigua and Barbuda (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee takes note of the report submitted by the Government.

1. Referring to its previous comments concerning the fact that the labour legislation may be applied in practice so as to authorise dismissals for legitimate trade union activities, as illustrated by Case No. 1296 of the Committee on Freedom of Association, the Committee notes that the Court of Appeal has decided in 1989 that the workers involved had not been dismissed unfairly.

Noting with concern that the final decision was issued six years after the workers were dismissed, the Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of the judgement (Civil Appeal No. 7 of 1989).

The Committee further refers to its comments under Convention No. 87 in that respect, and requests once more the Government to take legislative measures to avoid a repetition of such a situation in the future.

2. The Committee requests once again to be provided with a copy of the Civil Service Act of 1984 which, according to the Government, gives civil servants the right to organise and collective bargaining.