ITUC: In November 2011, the Governing Body of the International Labour
Organisation (ILO) agreed to a proposal to establish a tripartite committee to
review the mass dismissal of Bahraini workers referred to in the complaint
concerning the Non-Observance by Bahrain of the Discrimination (Employment and
Occupation) Convention, 1958.
In a letter to the chair of that commission, the ITUC acknowledged
progress in the public sector but expressed its serious concerns regarding the
failure of employers, largely in state-owned companies, to reinstate many
wrongfully dismissed workers or to rehire the workers only under completely
unacceptable conditions. The very few trade union leaders reinstated had to
agree not to carry out any further union activity.
“It is time for
the committee to redouble its efforts and take all necessary measures in order
to secure reinstatement of all illegally dismissed workers by the March 2012
Governing Body meeting,” said Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary. “It is
also unacceptable that many of the workers who have been reinstated were
brought back to inferior posts or have been forced in many cases to agree to
unacceptable conditions,” she added.
In addition, the ITUC points out that many trade unionists continue to
face criminal prosecution for participating in strikes and demonstrations last
year.
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