Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1998, publiée 87ème session CIT (1999)

The Committee notes the Government's report for the period ending in June 1997 and the additional information provided in reply to its previous direct request. It requests the Government to provide in its next report detailed information on the following points:

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government with regard to this Article. Recalling that the intention of this Article is to assure all dockworkers, in so far as practicable, permanent or regular employment, or at any rate, minimum periods of employment, or a minimum income, in a manner and to an extent depending on the economic and social situation of the country and port concerned, the Committee requests the Government to describe in detail conditions of employment for dockworkers employed on a casual basis by private stevedore companies under the authority of the National Administration of the Stevedoring Services (ANSE), and more specifically to indicate the measures adopted to assure minimum periods of employment or a minimum income for this category of workers, in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.

Points III and V of the report form. The Committee requests the Government to provide general information on the practical application of the Convention, by providing, for example, extracts from the reports of the authorities responsible for applying laws and regulations, and to continue to provide information, where available, on the number of registered dockworkers on the registers are maintained in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention, and, where applicable, any changes in their strength.