Rwanda - 2011

Population: 10,000,000
Capital: Kigali
Employers have tried at least twice, to break-up new trade unions by not renewing the contracts of trade union activists or by mass dismissals of new trade union members. Free and voluntary bargaining is not guaranteed and the right to strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike is hampered by overly complex procedures
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
29 Forced Labour (1930) 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948) 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (1949) 100 Equal Remuneration for Work of Equal Value (1951) 105 Abolition of Forced Labour (1957) 111 Discrimination in Employment and Occupation (1958) 138 Minimum Age for Employment (1973) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)

reported violations - 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher

Background

In August, President Paul Kagame was re-elected with 93% of the votes following an electoral campaign marred by grenade attacks in the capital, repression of the political opposition and increasing attacks on the freedom of expression. Even though work continued to develop the country’s economy, promises for democratic reform have still not been fulfilled.
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
29 Forced Labour (1930) 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948) 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (1949) 100 Equal Remuneration for Work of Equal Value (1951) 105 Abolition of Forced Labour (1957) 111 Discrimination in Employment and Occupation (1958) 138 Minimum Age for Employment (1973) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
Population: 10,000,000
Capital: Kigali

reported violations- 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher

Trade union rights in law

Problematic areas remain in the labour law despite the adoption of a new Labour Code in May 2009. While the Code and the Constitution guarantee freedom of association freedom of association The right to form and join the trade union of one’s choosing as well as the right of unions to operate freely and carry out their activities without undue interference.

See Guide to the ITUC international trade union rights framework , there are no provisions that secure trade union rights in the public sector. In addition, to be recognised as the most representative organisation, a union must allow the labour administration to check the register of its members and property, which could allow for government interference.

Furthermore, a collective agreement shall be negotiated within a joint committee convened by the Minister of Labour at the request of only one of the parties. All collective labour disputes are also subject to mandatory conciliation conciliation An attempt by a neutral third party, a conciliator, to aid the settling of an industrial dispute by improving communications, offering advice and interpreting issues to bring the disputing parties to a point where they can reconcile their differences. The conciliator does not take as active a role as a mediator or an arbitrator.

See arbitration, mediation , and are referred to an arbitration arbitration A means of resolving disputes outside the courts through the involvement of a neutral third party, which can either be a single arbitrator or an arbitration board. In non-binding arbitration, the disputing parties are free to reject the third party’s recommendation, whilst in binding arbitration they are bound by its decision. Compulsory arbitration denotes the process where arbitration is not voluntarily entered into by the parties, but is prescribed by law or decided by the authorities.

See conciliation, mediation committee set up by the National Labour Council if an agreement can not reached.

Strikes are forbidden until all the procedures have been exhausted, which can take more than two months. Finally, the terms and conditions for exercising the right to strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike will be determined by a Minister’s Order.

Additional information regarding the legislation
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
29 Forced Labour (1930) 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948) 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (1949) 100 Equal Remuneration for Work of Equal Value (1951) 105 Abolition of Forced Labour (1957) 111 Discrimination in Employment and Occupation (1958) 138 Minimum Age for Employment (1973) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
Population: 10,000,000
Capital: Kigali

reported violations - 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher

Violations

Mass dismissals in the tobacco sector: On 22 January, 161 members of the Premier Tobacco Company (PTC) trade union were dismissed, the majority of which were women. According to the Rwandan Congrès du Travail et de la Fraternité (COTRAF), this was a decision designed to “break” this new affiliate who had two days earlier completed very difficult negotiations to ensure that all workers would be covered by social security. The employer falsely claimed that these were seasonal workers even though many of them had worked at the PTC continuously for several years. Despite a new agreement on 26 January, the employees have not been reinstated. During the year, the COTRAF called in vain for mediation mediation A process halfway between conciliation and arbitration, in mediation a neutral third party assists the disputing parties in reaching a settlement to an industrial dispute by suggesting possible, non-binding solutions.

See arbitration, conciliation by the National Labour Council and the Ministry for Labour.
Contracts not renewed in the brewing sector: On 2 March, Group Environnement Service, a subcontractor of the brewing and soft drinks company, Bralirwa did not renew the contracts of 18 trade union activists from the Rwandan Congrès du Travail et de la Fraternité (COTRAF). Appeals to the Bralirwa management and the Labour Ministry had absolutely no effect.
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
29 Forced Labour (1930) 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948) 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (1949) 100 Equal Remuneration for Work of Equal Value (1951) 105 Abolition of Forced Labour (1957) 111 Discrimination in Employment and Occupation (1958) 138 Minimum Age for Employment (1973) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
Population: 10,000,000
Capital: Kigali

reported violations - 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher
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