Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

With reference to the comments that it has been making for a number of years, the Committee notes the detailed information supplied by the Government in its report concerning, in particular, the organisation of the placement of seafarers through collective labour agreements between shipowners and seafarers' trade unions.

1. The Committee points out that Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Convention requires the State to ensure the organisation and maintenance of an efficient and adequate system of employment offices for finding employment for seafarers without charge. In this connection, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures that have been adopted to ensure the placement of seafarers in accordance with the requirements of the Convention, particularly for workers who are not members of a seafarers' representative association and in the case of seafarers' associations which have not concluded collective agreements with a shipowners' association.

The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would indicate the way in which an efficient and adequate system of employment offices for finding employment for seafarers without charge is ensured by the central authority (paragraph 1(a)). Please also indicate, where appropriate, the measures that have been taken to co-ordinate the various placement agencies on the national level (paragraph 3) and to supply the statistical data on the functioning of non-fee-paying placement agencies as required by the report form approved by the Governing Body.

2. Article 5. The Committee notes the collective labour contract concluded between Petróleos Mexicanos and the Revolutionary Union of Petroleum Workers, which was transmitted by the Government with its last report. The Committee requests the Government to supply information on other committees that are set up and where they have been established and to supply details concerning the consultation procedure and the composition of these committees.

[The Government is asked to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1990.]