Timor Leste (East Timor) - 2012
Capital:

87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948) 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (1949) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
reported violations - 2012
Background
87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948) 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (1949) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
Capital:

reported violations- 2012
Trade union rights in law
Although fundamental trade union rights are guaranteed, areas of concern exist in the labour law. 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
is secured in the Constitution and the Labour Code, and in 2009 Timor Leste ratified the two ILO
International Labour Organization
A tripartite United Nations (UN) agency established in 1919 to promote working and living conditions. The main international body charged with developing and overseeing international labour standards.
See tripartism, ITUC Guide to international trade union rights
core conventions on trade union rights. However, foreign nationals are not allowed to participate in the “administrative or social organs of a union”. While termination of employment for union activity is explicitly prohibited in law, the protection is partly undermined by another provision which allows for financial compensation in lieu of reinstatement if the employer refuses to reinstate the worker.
Furthermore, trade union activities are hampered by provisions in the Freedom, Assembly and Demonstration Act. Protests are not allowed within 100 metres of certain buildings, including government offices and diplomatic missions, as well as of infrastructure such as ports and key parts of transportation. The Minister has an absolute right to prohibit or restrict a 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
in “essential services
essential services
Services the interruption of which would endanger the life, personal safety or health of the whole or part of the population. Can include the hospital sector, electricity and water supply services, and air traffic control. Strikes can be restricted or even prohibited in essential services.
See Guide to the ITUC international trade union rights framework
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Freedom of association / Right to organize
Principles
Right to collective bargaining
Principles
Right to strike
Principles
87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948) 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (1949) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
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reported violations - 2012
In practice
87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948) 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (1949) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
Capital:

reported violations - 2012
Violations
See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike , the SJTL won the reinstatement of all three, and the satisfaction of the workers’ demands.
See arbitration, mediation with the bank but were dismissed in turn. The General Workers Union of Timor-Leste (SJTL) organised a 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 beginning on 19 December within the Mandiri bank to protest at the dismissals, which were in violation of the country’s labour legislation. The protestors were dispersed the following morning by the police, following discussions between the police commander and the bank managers. At the request of the SJTL and the East Timor Trade Union Confederation (KSTL), a tripartite 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 meeting was organised by the national labour authorities. According to the KSTL the government clearly sided with the bank managers at the meeting, and no solution was found.
87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948) 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (1949) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
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