Appendix - Survey 1998

	COUNTRY	Case N°	Complainant(s)		Reasons for Complaint	ACTION OF COMMITTEE ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
AFRICA
1.	CONGO	1850	CSTC	-	Anti union intimidation	Report in which the
				-	Banning of trade union meetings	Committee requests to be
				-	Restrictions on the right to strike	kept informed of
					(Complaint August 1995)	developments
						June 1997


2.	Democratic	1905	CDT	-	De jure and de facto government interference	Report in which the
	Republic of				in the establishment and functioning of public	Committee requests to be
	the congo				servants' trade unions	kept informed of
					(Complaint 5 October 1996)	developments
						June 1997

		1833	UNTZA	-	Detention of trade union leaders	Observations received
					(Complaint May 1995)	from government March 1997
						The Committee requests
						the Government to keep
						it informed of the outcome
						of the negotiations
						June 1997


3.	DJIBOUTI	1851	ICFTU	-	Arrests, dismissals and suspensions of trade unionists	Interim Report
			UDT/UGDT		(following strike action, closing of trade union premises	June 1997
					(Complaint 19 Sept. 1995)

		1922	EI	-	Violation of the right to strike	New Case
				-	Arrest and dismissal of trade unionists	In a communication dated
					(Complaint 4 April 1997)	30 August 1997,
						the Government thanked
						the ILO for its availability and
						expressed its desire that the
						direct contacts mission take
						place at the beginning of
						next year
						(November 1997)


4.	ETHIOPIA	1888	EI	-	Death, detention and discrimination of trade unionists,	Interim Report
					interference in the internal administration of a trade union	November 1997
					(Complaint June/November 1996 and 21 August 1997)

		1908	FIET	-	Occupation of trade union premises, physical assault on a trade	Interim Report
			CETU		unionists and forced removal of elected trade union leaders	March 1997
					(Complaint 14 November 1996)	Report in which
						the Committee
						requests to be kept informed
						of developments
						November 1997


5.	GUINEA	1863	USTG	-	Repression	Observations received
				-	Arrests and conviction of trade unionist leaders and strikers	from government
					following a labour dispute in the teaching sector	March 1997
				-	Transfer of a trade union member
					(Complaint December 1995)


6.	MAURITIUS	1940	MLC	-	Prohibition of marches and legal proceedings against	New Case
					trade union leaders
					(Complaint 7 October 1997)

7.	MOROCCO	1825	UMT	-	Intimidation, arrest and imprisonment of union officers	Direct Contacts Mission
			IUF		and activists	September/October 1996
			ICFTU		(Complaint March 1995)

		1877	UMT	-	Dismissals of strikers	Report in which the
				-	Anti-union discrimination	Committee requests to
					(Complaint 22 March 1996)	be kept informed of
						developments

						June 1997
8.	NIGER	1921	USTN	-	Arrests for strike action, requisitioning orders in the case of	Report in which the
			OATUU		strikes, dissolution of a trade union, restrictions on the right to	Committee requests to
					collective bargaining in respect of salaries	be kept informed of
					(Complaints 19 March and 16 April 1997)	developments
						November 1997

9.	NIGERIA	1935	ICFTU	-	Violations of Conventions 87 and 98	New Case
			ICEM	-	Continued detention of trade union leaders
					(Complaint 1 August 1997)

10.	SWAZILAND	1884	ICFTU	-	Death and arrest of strikers	Interim Report
				-	Adoption of legislation contrary to freedom of association	March 1997
				-	Dismissal of trade unionists
					(Complaint May 1996, Additional information sent on 6 February and 4 March 1997)


11.	ZIMBABWE	1909	ICFTU	-	Violations of the right to strike	Definitive Report
					(Complaint November 1996)	June 1997

		1937	FIET	-	Dismissal of workers in the banking sector	Definitive Report
					(Complaint 9 Sept. 1997 )	New Case


AMERICAS

1.	ARGENTINA	1887	CGT	-	Restrictions on the right to collective bargaining	Interim Report
			IGF		(Complaint 5 June 1996)	June 1997
			ITF

2.	BARBADOS	1873	ICFTU	-	Restrictions on collective bargaining in the public sector	Interim Report
					(Complaint March 1996)	June 1997

3.	BOLIVIA	1831	IUF	-	Consequences of the state of emergency on trade union rights	Definitive Report
					(Complaint of 5 May 1995)	March 1997


4.	BRAZIL	1889	CUT	-	Application of fines exceeding the payment capacity of trade	Definitive Report
					unions for holding strikes	March 1997
					(Complaint 28 May and 21 October 1996)

5.	CANADA	1859	CLC	-	Legislative restrictions on collective bargaining	Definitive Report
					(Complaint October, November 1995, September, October 1996)	March 1997


	(Ontario)	1900	CLC	-	Legislative repeal of statutory access to collective bargaining,	Report in which the
					termination of existing organising rights and nullification of	Committee requests to
					collective agreements	be kept informed of
					(Complaint August 1996)	developments
						November 1997

	(Manitoba)	1928	EI	-	Violation of the right to bargain collectively	New Case
					(Complaint 28 May 1997)

	(Ontario)	1943	CLC	-	Lack of independence in the arbitration system in collective	New Case
					labour disputes
					(Complaint 12 November 1997)

6.	CHILE	1945	CFTU	-	Violations of Conventions 87 and 98	New Case
					(Complaint 6 November 1997)

7.	COLOMBIA	1761	ICFTU	-	Murders and other acts of violence against trade union officials	Interim Report
		1787			and members, acts of anti-union discrimination and refusal to	March 1997
		1896			recognize the representativity of a trade union organization
					2 April, 5 May, 5 and 24 June, 4, 16 and 23 July, 6 October,
					and 6 November 1997 )
					(Complaints 1994/ 1995 Additional information 3 February,

8.	CUBA	1805	ICFTU	-	Refusal to grant legal personality to a trade union organization;	Definitive Report
					detention of trade unionists	November 1997
					(Complaints October 1994/July 1995/May 1996 and 4 April 1997)

9.	GUATEMALA	1512	ICFTU	-	Deaths, disappearances and anti union discrimination	Interim Report
		1539	IUF		(Complaint May/June 1996)	June 1997
		1595
		1740
		1778
		1786

		1876	ICFTU	-	Abductions of and threats against trade union members	Interim Report
				-	(Additional information sent 2 April, 7 and 18 July	June 1997
					and 10 December 1997)

		1512	ICFTU	-	Death, disappearance, threats and acts of anti-union	Interim Report
		1539	IUF		discrimination	November 1997
		1876			(Additional information 18 July 1997)

10.	PARAGUAY	1864	ICFTU	-	Violations of the right to strike	Report in which the
				-	Arrests of trade unionists	Committee requests to
					(Complaint December 1995/April/May 1996)	be kept informed of developments
						March 1997

11.	PERU	1796	CUT	-	Dismissal of trade union officers	Report in which the
				-	Freezing of trade union funds	Committee requests to
				-	draft legislation contrary to freedom of association	be kept informed of
					(Complaint 1996)	developments
						March 1997

12.	VENEZUELA	1812	ISETU/FISTAV	-	Employer interference in the establishment of a trade union	Interim Report
					(Complaint October 1994)	June 1997

		1827	ITF	-	Violation of the right to strike	Still awaiting reply from
				-	Arrests and detentions of trade unionists	Government 1997
					(Complaint April/June 1995)


ASIA AND PACIFIC


1.	BANGLADESH	1862	ICFTU	-	Physical assault of trade union leaders	Report in which the
			ITGLWF	-	Destruction of trade union property	Committee requests to
					(Complaint December 1995/January 1996)	be kept informed of
						developments
						March 1997

2.	CHINA	1930	ICFTU	-	Violation of Convention 87	New Case
					(Complaint 4 June 1997)

3.	HONG KONG	1942	HKCTU	-	Violation of Convention 87	New Case
			ICFTU		(Complaint 1 November 1997)

4.	INDIA	1854	IUF	-	Murder of trade unionist	Report in which the
			ICFTU		(Complaint 2 October and 14 November 1995)	Committee requests to
						be kept informed of
						developments
						March 1997


		1890	IUF	-	Dismissal and suspension of trade unionists	Report in which the
					(Complaint June 1996)	Committee requests to
						be kept informed of
						developments
						June 1997

5.	INDONESIA	1773	ICFTU	-	Killing and detention of trade unionists	Interim Report
			SBSI	-	Legislative restrictions on freedom of association and collective	November 1997
					bargaining
				-	Repression and intimidation of trade unionists
				-	Dismissal of trade union activists
					(Complaints April/May/ August/November 1994/June/August
					1996 and additional information 3 and 23 April 1997)

6.	REPUBLIC	1865	KCTU	-	Arrest and detention of a trade union leader	1st Interim Report
	OF KOREA		ICFTU	-	Refusal to register a trade union organization	March 1997
					(Complaint September 1996 Additional Information	2nd Interim Report
					28 December 1996, 28 January 1997, and 28 May 1997)	June 1997


7.	PAKISTAN	1903	ICFTU	-	Arrests and act of violence against trade unionists	Report in which the
				-	Suspension of registration of a trade union	Committee requests to
					(Complaint 23 September 1996)	be kept informed of
						developments
						March 1997



EUROPE


1.	BELARUS	1885	ICFTU	-	Arrest and expulsion of foreign trade unionists	Report in which the
					(Complaint May 1996)	Committee requests to
						be kept informed of
						developments
						March 1997

2.	CROATIA	1923	UATUC	-	Violation of the right to strike, discrimination based	Report in which the
			ITF		on trade union activities	Committee requests to be
					(Complaint 7 February 1997)	kept informed of
						developments
						November 1997

3.	DENMARK	1882	FTF	-	Statutory extension of collective agreements and legislative	Definitive Report
					interference in industrial action in the hospital sector	March 1997
					(Complaint 10 May and 17 June 1996 and 3 February 1997)

4.	LATVIA	1869	IGF	-	Threat of eviction from union premises	Interim Report
			ICFTU		(Complaint 31 January 1996, Additional information	November 1997
					9 March 1996, 3 July 1997)

5.	ROMANIA	1891	CNSLR-FRATIA	-	Police intervention in a labor dispute	Report in which the
			ICFTU	-	Infringements of the rights to strike	Committee requests to be
					(Complaint 19 June 1996)	kept informed of
						developments - March 5.


		1904	BNS	-	Government interference	Definitive Report
				-	Infringement of the right to collective bargaining and	March 1997
					the right to strike
					(Complaint 8 October 1996)


6.	SPAIN	1919	UGT	-	Non-compliance with a clause of collective agreement in the	Definitive Report
			CC.OO.		public sector	November 1997
					(Complaint 31 January 1997)

7.	UNITED	1852	TUC	-	Anti-union discrimination	Observations received
	KINGDOM			-	Interference in the functioning of trade unions	from government
					(Complaint October 1995)	March 1997
						The new Government
						indicated that it intended
						to present its own
						observations
						June 1997



MIDDLE EAST
1.	LEBANON	1920	CGTL	-	Arrest of trade union leaders; government interference in trade	Report in which the
			ICFTU		union elections; amendments to labour legislation in	Committee requests to be
					contravention of freedom of association	kept informed of
					( Complaint 11 February, 19 March, and 17 and 24 April 1997)	developments
					( Additional Information 4 June and 17 July 1997)	November 1997